BPS-500 missile boat vs Brahmaputra-class frigate

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

Brahmaputra-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Brahmaputra-class frigate

Guided-missile frigate

Credit

AroundTheGlobe · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BPS-500 missile boatLength

62 m

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Brahmaputra-class frigateLength

126.4 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 0 of 4

None

Brahmaputra-class frigatelarger figure on 4 of 4

Length+104%
Beam+32%
Draught+80%
Complement+971%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

18 of 31 rows sourced on both sides

62m

126m

Length+104%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

126.4 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Brahmaputra-class frigate configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Brahmaputra-class frigate
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	2 BHEL Bhopal steam turbines delivering 22,370 kW (30,000 shp) to 2 shafts^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Brahmaputra class^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Indian Navy^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	1989–2005

In commission	2001–present^[source]	2000–present^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	3^[source]

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	3^[source]

Active	1^[source]	2^[source]

Laid up	2^[source]	1^[source]

Retired	0^[source]	—

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

Tonnage	850 tons (full load)^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar^[source]	Radar BEL RAWS-03 air/surface search radar BEL/Signaal RAWL-02 (PLN 517) air search radar Decca Bridgemaster/BEL Rashmi PIN 524 navigation radar BEL Aparna Fire Control radar (Kh-35 SSM) Elta EL/M-2221 Search, Track & Guidance/Gunnery Radar (Barak SAM) Sonar BEL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array) Thales Sintra towed array sonar OE BEL Shikari opto-electronic trackers (guns)^[source]

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]	16 × Kh-35 (SS-N-25) SSM (4 × quadruple KT-184 launchers) 24 × Barak point-defence surface-to-air missiles (3 × 8 cell VLS units) 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm gun 4 × AK-630 6-barreled 30 mm gatling gun 2 × triple ILAS 3 324 mm torpedo tubes (Whitehead A244S anti-submarine torpedoes)^[source]

National origin	Russia^[source]	—

Alternative designation	BPS-500^[source]	—

Builders	—	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers^[source]

Preceded by	—	Godavari class^[source]

Succeeded by	—	Talwar class^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	BEL Ajanta Mk.2C Electronic Warfare system ELLORA Electronic Support Measures system BEL Radar Warning Receiver Suite Decoy 2 × chaff/flare launcher Super Barricade chaff launcher 2 × Graesby G738 or BEL TOTED towed torpedo decoy^[source]