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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 0 of 3
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Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Greek frigate Spetsai |
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| Displacement | — | 3,350 tons[source] |
| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | 2 shaft CODOG , controllable pitch propellers , 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 60,656 hp 2 MTU 20V 956 diesel engines , 10,040 hp[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | — |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | — |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] |
Greek frigate Spetsailarger figure on 3 of 3
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117 m (384 ft)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| In commission | 2001–present[source] | — |
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| Planned | — |
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| On order | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Retired | — |
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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] | Signaal MW08 air search radar Signaal DA08 air surface radar 2 Signaal STIR fire control radar Racal Decca 2690 BT navigation radar Raytheon SQS-56/DE 1160 hull-mounted and VDS sonar SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy Mk XII Mod 4 IFF radar 2 Signaal Mk 73 Mod 1 radar for ESSM Signaal STACOS Mod 2 combat data system SAR-8 IR searcher[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] | 1 × Mk 45 Mod 2A , 2 × Mk15 Phalanx 20 mm CIWS , 2 Mk141 4 × 8 Harpoon missile launchers, Mk 48 Mod 2 vertical launcher for 16 × RIM-162 ESSM , 2 Mk32 Mod 5 2 × 324mm T/T 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 | — | Spetses[source] |
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| Builder | — | Hellenic Shipyards Co.[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 11 August 1992[source] |
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| Launched | — | 9 December 1993[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 24 October 1996[source] |
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| Status | — | in active service as of 2010[source] |
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| Notes | — | Official Hellenic Navy page[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Hydra class frigate[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | Argo AR 700 ESM system Telegon 10 ESM system Argo APECS II ECM system 4 SCLAR decoy launchers[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Hangar for 1 Sikorsky S-70B-6 Aegean Hawk helicopter[source] |
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