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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 0 of 3
Greek frigate Limnoslarger figure on 3 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Greek frigate Limnos |
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| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | COGOG system: 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines , 4,900 shp (3,700 kW ) each; 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines , 25,700 shp (19,200 kW) each (boost); 2 shafts[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Limnos[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | — |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] | — |
| In commission | 2001–present |
130 m (426 ft 6 in)[source]
3,500 tons ( max
Single source3,500 tons (3,800 t max)[source]
at 14 knots (26 km/h )
Single source2,200 nautical miles (4,100 km ; 2,500 mi ) at 14 knots (26 km/h )[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Type | Guided-missile corvette[source] | — |
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| Tonnage | 850 tons (full load)[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar[source] | — |
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| Armament | 1 x AK-176 76 mm gun 1 x AK-630 30 mm CIWS 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-ship missiles 8 x Kh-35 Uran anti-ship missiles ( Ship 381 ) 8 x VCM-01 anti-ship missiles (from A2 onward) 1 x 9K38 Igla MANPADS[source] | 2 × OTO Melara 76 mm/62 cal. gun 2 × Mk15 Phalanx 20 mm CIWS 2 Mk 141 4 × 8 Harpoon missile launchers Mk 29 octuple launcher for 24 × RIM-7M SAMs 2 Mk 32 2 × 324 mm torpedo tubes for Mk46 torpedoes[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Namesake | — | Lemnos island and the Battle of Lemnos (1913)[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 13 June 1978[source] |
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| Launched | — | 27 October 1979[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 18 September 1982[source] |
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| Status | — | In active service[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Elli -class frigate[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 2 AB 212 ASW helicopter or 1 Sikorsky S-70B-6 Aegean Hawk[source] |
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