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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 0 of 2
Visakhapatnam-class destroyerlarger figure on 2 of 2
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Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Visakhapatnam-class destroyer |
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| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | COGAG 2 × Zorya M36E gas turbines , with 4 × DT-59 reversible gas turbines and 2 × RG-54 gearboxes 2 × Bergen/ GRSE KVM-diesel engines, 9,900 hp (7,400 kW) each 4 × 1 MWe Wärtsilä WCM-1000 generator sets driving Cummins KTA50G3 engines and Kirloskar 1 MV AC generators[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Visakhapatnam -class[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | Indian Navy[source] |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present |
163 m (534 ft 9 in)[source]
Displacement
Single source7,400 t (7,300 long tons )[source]
50 officers + 250 sailors
Single source300 (50 officers + 250 sailors)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| In commission | 2001–present[source] | — |
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| Completed |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Guided-missile corvette[source] | Guided missile destroyer[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] | Radar :- IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-Band AESA radar BEL RAWL-02/LW-08 L-Band air-search radar Terma / Tata Scanter-6002 X-Band surface-search radar Sonar :- BEL HUMSA-NG active/passive sonar BEL Nagin active towed-array sonar Combat Suite :- "Combat Management System" (CMS)[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] | Anti-air warfare :- 4 × 8-cell VLS , for a total of 32 Barak 8 surface-to-air missiles Anti-surface warfare :- 2 × 8-cell VLS, for 16 BrahMos anti-ship missiles Anti-submarine warfare :- 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers Guns :- 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun 4 × AK-630M CIWS 4 × OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled 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 Shipbuilders Limited (MDL)[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Kolkata class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Project 15C Project 18A[source] |
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| Cost | — | ₹ 35,800 crore (equivalent to ₹ 420 billion or US$4.4 billion in 2023) for four ships (FY 2020) ₹ 8,950 crore (equivalent to ₹ 110 billion or US$1.1 billion in 2023) per ship (FY 2020)[source] |
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| Endurance | — | 55 days[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | 4 × RHIB[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | DRDO Shakti EW suite (equipped with ESM / ECM and "Radar Finger Printing System" (RFPS)) DRDO Nayan COMINT suite Decoys :- 4 × Kavach decoy launchers 2 × Maareech torpedo-countermeasure systems[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 2 × HAL Dhruv , Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk or Sea King Mk. 42B[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Enclosed helicopter hangar and flight deck capable of accommodating two multi-role helicopters.[source] |
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| Notes | — | Modified derivative of the Kolkata -class destroyer .[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | India[source] |
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