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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 0 of 4
Niterói-class frigatelarger figure on 4 of 4
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Measured figures
Displacement
Single source3,355 t (3,302 long tons )[source]
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Configuration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Niterói-class frigate |
|---|---|---|
| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | Combined diesel or gas , two shafts 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-3B gas turbines 42000 kW (56000 hp ) combined 4 × MTU 16V 956 TB91 diesel engines 13000 kW (17000 hp ) combined[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Niterói class, Mk10[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | Brazilian Navy[source] |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] | 1972–1986[source] |
| In commission | 2001–present[source] | 1976–present[source] |
| Planned | — | |
| On order | — | |
| Building | — | |
| Completed | ||
| Active | ||
| Laid up | — | |
| Retired | ||
| Type | Guided-missile corvette[source] | Frigate[source] |
| Tonnage | 850 tons (full load)[source] | — |
| Sensors & processing systems | MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar[source] | Modernized; Alenia RAN-20S air search radar Terma Scanter surface search radar Orion RTN-30X fire control radar Saab EOS-400 optronic director Krupp Atlas EDO-610E hull mounted sonar SICONTA Mk 2 C3I system[source] |
| 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] | Modernized; 1 × Albatros launcher for 8 Aspide surface-to-air missiles 1 × 113 mm Mark 8 gun 2 × Bofors 40 mm guns 2 × twin launchers for Exocet anti-ship missiles 2 × triple torpedo tubes for Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × double-barrel Bofors Boroc anti-submarine rockets[source] |
| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
| Builders | — | Vosper Thornycroft Rio de Janeiro Navy Arsenal[source] |
| Succeeded by | — | Tamandaré class[source] |
| Endurance | — | 45 days[source] |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | Modernized; Cutlass B1W ESM ET/SQL-1 ECM 12 × 102 mm decoy launchers[source] |
| Aircraft carried | — | Westland Super Lynx Mk.21B helicopter[source] |
| Aviation facilities | — | Helipad and hangar[source] |
| Country of origin | — | United Kingdom[source] |