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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 4 of 4
Marino-class diving support vessellarger figure on 0 of 4
Measured figures
Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Marino-class diving support vessel |
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| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | 2 x Diesel engines Isotta Fraschini ID-36-SS12V (559 kW (750 hp) each)[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Marino class[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | Italian Navy[source] |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
25.8 m (85 ft)[source]
full load
Single source97 t (95 long tons) full load[source]
1 official 8 sailors
Single source9 1 official 8 sailors[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] | 1985[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] | Diving support vessel[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] | 2 x GEM Elettronica SPN-753 navigation radar, X band[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] | — |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | Crestitalia shipyard, Ameglia ( La Spezia )[source] |
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| Notes | — | hyperbaric chamber on Alcide Pedretti[source] |
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