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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 5
Type 056 corvettelarger figure on 4 of 5
Measured figures
Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Type 056 corvette |
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| Displacement | — | 1,500 tons[source] |
| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | — |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | — |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Bangladesh Navy (C13B) Nigerian Navy (P18N) Algerian National Navy (F-15A) Royal Cambodian Navy (future)[source] |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
90 m (295 ft 3 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
2012–2021[source] |
| In commission | 2001–present[source] | 2013–present[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| On order | — |
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| Building | 2 (Cambodian navy)[source] |
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| Completed | 22 (Type 056) 50 (Type 056A) 4 (C13B) 2 (P18N) 1 (F-15A)[source] |
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| Active | 50 (PLAN) 22 (China Coast Guard) 7 (Others)[source] |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Guided-missile corvette[source] | Corvette (per NATO )[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] | Type 360 air/surface search radar Type 347G fire control radar Bow sonar Towed array and variable depth sonar (Type 056A)[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] | 1 × H/PJ-26 76 mm (3.0 in) gun 2 × H/PJ-17 30 mm (1.2 in) autocannon 2× 2-cell YJ-83 anti-ship missiles , amidships 1 × 8-cell HHQ-10 SAM -based CIWS 2 × triple 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Wuchang Shipyard Liaonan Shipyard[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Type 037[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | 2 SEMT Pielstick PA6-STC diesel motors[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Helipad for 1 medium-lift helicopter ( Harbin Z-9 )[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | People's Republic of China[source] |
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