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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 3
ROCS Pan Chaolarger figure on 2 of 3
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 | ROCS Pan Chao |
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| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | 40,000 shp total[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Pan Chao (班超)[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | — |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] | — |
| In commission | 2001–present[source] |
453 ft (138 m)[source]
full
Single source4,103 long tons (4,169 t) full[source]
at 14 knots (26 km/h )
Single source2,200 nautical miles (4,100 km ; 2,500 mi ) at 14 knots (26 km/h )[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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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] | AN/SPS-49 air-search radar AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar CAS, STIR gun fire control radar SQS-56 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] | 40 × SM-1MR at Mk 13 Missile Launcher 4 × Hsiung Feng II and 4 HF-3 supersonic AShM 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun 2 × Bofors 40mm/L70mm guns 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × triple Mark 32 ASW torpedo tubes with Mark 46 anti-submarine torpedoes[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Namesake | — | Ban Chao[source] |
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| Builder | — | China Shipbuilding Corp. , Kaohsiung[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 25 July 1995[source] |
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| Launched | — | 3 July 1997[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 16 December 1997[source] |
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| Identification | — | Pennant number : PFGS-1108[source] |
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| Status | — | in active service[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Cheng Kung -class frigate[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines ,[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | AN/SLQ-32(V)5 (AN/SLQ-32(V)2 + SIDEKICK)[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | Sikorsky S-70C-1/2[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Hangar and helipad[source] |
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| Used by | — | Republic of China[source]ROCSPanChao · current active ship at fetched revision; storedTaiwanaliasRepublicofChina; no count1 or class aggregation |
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| Country of origin | — | Taiwan[source] Taiwan[source] |
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