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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 4
Point-class sealift shiplarger figure on 3 of 4
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 | Point-class sealift ship |
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| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | 2 × MaK 94M43 diesel engines; 21,700 hp (16,182 kW) 2 propellers Bow thruster[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Point class[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | Foreland Shipping Ltd (formerly AWSR Ltd)[source] |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] |
193.0 m (633 ft 2 in)[source]
full load
Single source23,000 tonnes full load[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 | 4 under contract with the MoD[source] |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Guided-missile corvette[source] | Roll-on/roll-off[source] |
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| Tonnage | 850 tons (full load)[source] | 14,200 DWT[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar[source] | I-band navigation 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] | — |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | Flensburger Schiffbau (4 ships) Harland & Wolff , Belfast (2 ships)[source] |
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| In service | — | 2002–present[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 2,650 linear metres of space for vehicles 130 armoured vehicles and 60 trucks and ammunition or 8,000 tonnes of vehicles[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Can carry up to four helicopters including Chinook, Apache, Merlin and Wildcat.[source] |
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| Notes | — | Sourced from Jane's Fighting Ships 2008–2009 , p. 876[source] |
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