Adelaide-class frigate vs BPS-500 missile boat

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AWarships

Adelaide-class frigate

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BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Adelaide-class frigateoverall

139 m

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BPS-500 missile boatLength

62 m

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Adelaide-class frigatelarger figure on 3 of 3

Beam+27%
Draught+168%
Complement+609%

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 0 of 3

None

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Measured figures

Head to head

16 of 32 rows sourced on both sides

139moverall

62m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

124 m

at waterline

Single source

139 m

overall

Single source

Configuration

Details

Adelaide-class frigate and BPS-500 missile boat configuration
Specification	Adelaide-class frigate	BPS-500 missile boat
Displacement	4,100 tons full load^[source]	—
Power	2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller 2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units , 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking.^[source]	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]
Name	Adelaide class^[source]	BPS-500 class^[source]
Builders	Todd Pacific Shipyards , Seattle, Washington Australian Marine Engineering Consolidated^[source]

Operators	Royal Australian Navy (former) Chilean Navy^[source]	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]

Preceded by	Daring -class destroyer^[source]	—

Succeeded by	Hunter -class frigate^[source]	—

Built	21 June 1978 – 21 February 1992^[source]	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]

In service	15 November 1980 – 27 September 2019^[source]	—

In commission	15 November 1980 – 26 October 2019^[source]	2001–present^[source]

Completed	6^[source]	1^[source]

Active	2 (Chile)^[source]	1^[source]

Retired	4^[source]	0^[source]

Class & type	Modified Oliver Hazard Perry -class guided missile frigate^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	AN/SPS-49 radar Mk 92 fire control system AN/SPS-55 radar FFG 01-04: AN/SQS-56 sonar FFG 05-06: Mulloka sonar^[source]	MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar^[source]

Armament	8-cell Mk 41 VLS (32 quad-packed Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile ) Mk 13 missile launcher (40-missile magazine, Harpoon and SM-2MR missiles (replaced SM-1MR during refit)) 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm 1 × 20 mm Mk 15 Vulcan Phalanx 2 × triple 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes^[source]	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]