BPS-500 missile boat vs Type 053H3 frigate

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

Type 053H3 frigate — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Type 053H3 frigate

Frigate

Credit

SteKrueBe · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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At a glance

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Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BPS-500 missile boatLength

62 m

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Type 053H3 frigateLength

112 m

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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 4

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Measured figures

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15 of 34 rows sourced on both sides

62m

112m

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All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

112 m

Length

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Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Type 053H3 frigate configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Type 053H3 frigate
Displacement	—	2,250 tons standard, 2,393 tons full load^[source]
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	CODAD , 2 shaft, 2 x 18E390VA diesel at 23,600 hp (17,600 kW) 2 x MTU diesel at 8,715 hp (6,499 kW)^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Type 053H3^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force Bangladesh Navy^[source]

Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	—

In commission	2001–present^[source]	—

Planned	4^[source]	10^[source]

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	10^[source]

Active	1^[source]	8 (PLAN Surface Force) 2 (Bangladesh Navy)^[source]

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	—

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]	Type 360 Radar (SR60) surface search, E/F band Type 517H-1 (Knife Rest) 2D long-range air search, A-band Type 345 Radar (MR35) HQ-7 surface-to-air missile fire-control, J-band Type 352 Radar (Square Tie) surface search and SSM fire control, I-band Type 343GA (Wasp Head) fire control radar for main gun, G/H-band 2 × Type 347G/EFR-1 (Rice Lamp) dual 37 mm AA gun fire control, I-band 2 × Racal RM-1290 navigation radar, I-band^[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]	8 × YJ-83 SSM in 2 x 4-cell box launchers 1 × 8-cell HQ-7 surface-to-air missile system (replaced with 1 x 8-cell HQ-10 on PLA ships) 1 × H/PJ-33B dual 100 mm gun (automatic) 4 × Type 76A dual 37 mm AA guns (replaced with 2 x Type 630 30mm guns on PLA ships) 2 × 6-tube Type 3200 ASW rocket launchers (36 rockets) 2 × DC racks & launcher^[source]

National origin	Russia^[source]	—

Alternative designation	BPS-500^[source]	—

Preceded by	—	Type 053H2G^[source]

Succeeded by	—	Type 054^[source]

Subclasses	—	Zulfiquar class ( Pakistan Navy )^[source]

Endurance	—	21^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	Data link : HN-900 (Chinese equivalent of Link 11 A/B, to be upgraded) Communication : SNTI-240 SATCOM Combat Data System: ZKJ-3C RWD-8 (Jug Pair) intercept Type 981-3 EW Jammer SR-210 Radar warning receiver Type 651A IFF 2 × Type 946/PJ-46 15-barrel decoy rocket launchers^[source]