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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 2 of 3
Ratanakosin-class corvettelarger figure on 1 of 3
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Measured figures
Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Ratanakosin-class corvette |
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| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Ratanakosin class[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | Royal Thai Navy[source] |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] | 1984–1986[source] |
| In commission | 2001–present[source] | 1986–present |
76.82 m (252 ft 0 in)[source]
full load
Single sourcenormal
Single source840 t (830 long tons ) (normal) 960 t (940 long tons) (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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| 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] | 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] | 1 × Decca 1226 surface-search radar 1 × HSA ZW-06 surface-search radar 1 × HSA DA-05 air/surface-search radar 1 × HSA WM-25 fire-control radar 1 × HSA LIROD-8 optical fire-control system STN Atlas DSQS-21C hull-mounted 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] | Missiles 2 × quad RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers (8 Harpoons) 1 × octuple Albatros SAM launcher (24 Selenia Aspide SAMs) Guns 1 × Otobreda 76 mm (3 in) gun 1 × DARDO CIWS 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon GAM-B01 cannon Torpedoes 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes ( Sting Ray torpedoes )[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | Tacoma Boatbuilding Company[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Khamronsin class[source] |
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| Canceled | — |
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| Lost | — |
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| Propulsion | — | 2 × MTU 20V1163 TB83 diesel engines, 2 × shafts[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | Thailand[source] |
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