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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 3
Veer-class corvettelarger figure on 2 of 3
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Measured figures
Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Veer-class corvette |
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| Displacement | — | 455 tons or 477 tons (K91 and K92)[source] |
| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | COGAG : 2 × Nikolayev Type DR77 (DS71 in K92) gas turbine, 16,016 PS (11,780 kW); 2 × Nikolayev Type DR76 gas turbines, 4,993 PS (3,672 kW) coupled to two shafts[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Veer class[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | Indian Navy[source] |
56.1 m (184 ft)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] | — |
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| In commission | 2001–present[source] | — |
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| Planned | 15[source] |
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| On order | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | 13[source] |
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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] | Granit Garpun B ( NATO : Plank Shave) E-band air and surface search radar or MR-352 (NATO: Cross Dome) E/F-band air and surface search radar (K91 and K92) Mius I-band navigation radar MR-123 (NATO: Bass Tilt) H/I-band fire control radar or BEL Lynx fire control radar (K91 and K92) BEL Aparna fire control 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] | 4 × P-15 Termit (NATO: SS-N-2D Mod 1 Styx) missiles or 16 × Kh-35 Uran (NATO: SS-N-25) missiles (K91 and K92) or 4 x BrahMos missiles (K48) 1 quad SA-N-5 Grail launcher for air defence missiles 1 × 76 mm 60-cal main gun or 1 × 76 mm 62-cal OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun (K91 and K92) 2 × AK-630 30 mm gun[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | Mazagon Dock Limited Goa Shipyard Limited[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Abhay class by antecedence Durg class by role[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Khukri class[source] |
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| Cancelled | — |
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| Lost | — |
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| Preserved | — |
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| Country of origin | — | India, Soviet Union[source] |
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