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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 4
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Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Yavuz-class frigate |
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| Displacement | — | 3,030 tons full load[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Yavuz class ( MEKO 200 TN )[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | Turkish Navy[source] |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] | — |
| In commission | 2001–present[source] |
Yavuz-class frigatelarger figure on 3 of 4
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
110.50 m (362 ft 6 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
1987–present[source] |
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| On order | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed |
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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] | Frigate[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 TM 1126 AWS-6 HSA D08 HSA STIR 124 Sonar SQS-56,[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] | 2 Mk 141 quad-pack Launcher for 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon 1 MK 21 Guided Missile Launching System for 16 × RIM-7 Sea Sparrow 1 × 5 inch /54 gun 3 × Oerlikon Contraves Sea Zenith 25 mm CIWS gun systems 2 × 3 12.75 in Mk.32 torpedo tubes in triple mountings[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | Blohm + Voss , Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft , Gölcük Naval Shipyard[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | G class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Barbaros class[source] |
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| Preserved | — |
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| Propulsion | — | 2 shaft, controllable pitch propellers[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | ARES-2NC ESM, Mk 36 decoy[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × AB 212 ASW helicopter[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Hangar and helipad[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | Germany[source] |
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