Amiral Ronarc'h-class frigate vs BPS-500 missile boat

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Amiral Ronarc'h-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

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Amiral Ronarc'h-class frigate

General-purpose frigate

Credit

Oleg Yunakov · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

First system

Second system

At a glance

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Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Amiral Ronarc'h-class frigateLength

122 m

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BPS-500 missile boatLength

62 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Amiral Ronarc'h-class frigatelarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+97%
Beam+61%
Draught+156%

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 0 of 3

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Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 35 rows sourced on both sides

122m

62m

Length+97%

All recorded figures & sources

122 m

Length

Single source

122 m (400 ft 3 in)^[source]

62 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Amiral Ronarc'h-class frigate and BPS-500 missile boat configuration
Specification	Amiral Ronarc'h-class frigate	BPS-500 missile boat
Name	Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention (FDI)^[source]	BPS-500 class^[source]
Builders	Naval Group Salamis Shipyards^[source]	—
Operators	French Navy Hellenic Navy Swedish Navy^[source]	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Aquitaine class ( FN ) La Fayette class ( FN ) Elli class ( HN ) Hydra class ( HN ) Visby class ( SN )^[source]	—
Subclasses

Cost	€ 2.1 billion (2017) (equivalent to € 2.5 billion in 2025) for 5 units € 3.5 billion (2017) (equivalent to € 4.2 billion in 2025) including development costs^[source]	—

Built	2019–present^[source]	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]

In service	From 2025^[source]	—

In commission	From 2025 (Hellenic Navy)^[source]	2001–present^[source]

Planned	13 total: 5 ( FN ) 4 ( HN ) 4 ( SN )^[source]	4^[source]

Building	7 (4 x FN, 3 x HN)^[source]	3^[source]

Completed	2 (1 x FN, 1 x HN)^[source]	1^[source]

Type	General-purpose frigate^[source]	Guided-missile corvette^[source]

Propulsion	CODAD (Combined diesel and diesel) : 2 × 2 MTU 16V 8000 M91L (each line driving two shafts fitted with controllable-pitch propellers via reduction gearboxes)^[source]	—

Endurance	45 days^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Naval Group Setis® 3.0 Combat Management System Thales SEA FIRE 4D AESA S-band multi-function radar Thales KingKlip Mk2 hull-mounted sonar Thales CAPTAS-4 Compact towed array sonar Thales Aquilon digital communication system Thales SURFSAT-L SATCOM terminal with Syracuse IV satellite link Terma SCANTER X-band navigation radar Wärtsilä NACOS X-band navigation radar iXblue Marins inertial navigation system iXblue Netans navigation data distribution system Thales STIR 1.2 EO Mk2 medium- and long-range tracking radar system for gunfire control Safran PASEO XLR extra long-range EO / IR and FCS system Bertin Technologies 360° TV/IR camera surveillance system Thales BlueGate E-scan IFF system^[source]	MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	Thales SENTINEL R- ESM system Thales ALTESSE-H C-ESM system Naval Group CMLS with CANTO anti-torpedo decoys^[source]	—

Armament	1 × Oto Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun (in stealth cupola) 2 × Nexter Narwhal 20B 20 mm RWS 8 × Exocet MM-40 Block 3c anti-ship missiles 2 × Sylver A50 8-cell VLS for 16 Aster 15 or 30 surface-to-air missiles (first three French FDIs from build); 4 x 8 (32 Aster 15/30) on last two French FDIs from service entry and retrofit to other vessels of the class in the 2030s 2 × 2 Sadral Mistral Simbad-RC SAM -based CIWS (either fit from build or retrofit) 2 × twin torpedo tubes for MU90 Impact torpedoes^[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]