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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 4
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Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Lekiu-class frigate |
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| Displacement | — | 2,300 tons full load[source] |
| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | 4 × MTU 20V 1163 TB93 diesel engines, 24.5MW, twin shafts with Kamewa controllable pitch propellers[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Lekiu class[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | Royal Malaysian Navy[source] |
Lekiu-class frigatelarger figure on 3 of 4
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
106 m (348 ft)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] | — |
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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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| 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] | Combat system : BAE Systems Insyte Nautis F combat data system Search radar : Ericsson Sea Giraffe-150 surface search radar G and H bands, Thales Netherlands (Signaal) DA-08 air search operating at E and F bands Navigation radar : Thales Defence I-band navigation radar Fire control radar : 2 × Marconi 1802SW, Alenia Marconi Systems Nautis F combat data system, Radamec Series 2000 Optronic weapon director, BAE SYSTEMS 1802 fire control radar operating at I and J bands Thermal imager : BAE Type V 3001 Sonar : Thales Underwater Systems Spherion TSM 2633 LF sonar[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] | Guns : 1 × Bofors 57 mm gun 2 × MSI DS30B 30 mm cannon Anti-air : 16 × VLS for Sea Wolf Anti-ship : 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 2 Anti-submarine : 2 × triple Eurotorp B515 with A244-S ASW torpedoes[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | Yarrow Shipbuilders , Glasgow , UK[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | KD Rahmat KD Hang Tuah (as a frigate)[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Maharaja Lela class[source] |
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| Class & type | — | F2000 frigate[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | ESM : BAE Mentor-A ECM : Thales Defense Scimitar Decoy : 2 Super Barricade 12 barrelled launchers, Graseby Sea Siren torpedo decoy[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × Super Lynx 300[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Stern hangar Helicopter landing platform[source] |
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