BPS-500 missile boat vs Cheng Kung-class frigate

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

Cheng Kung-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Cheng Kung-class frigate

Frigate

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First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BPS-500 missile boatLength

62 m

Length source ↗

Cheng Kung-class frigateoa

138.81 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 3

Speed+9%

Cheng Kung-class frigatelarger figure on 2 of 3

Beam+27%
Complement+739%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 29 rows sourced on both sides

62m

139moa

Length

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

138.81 m

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Cheng Kung-class frigate configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Cheng Kung-class frigate
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	2 × General Electric LM- 2500 gas turbines , 41,000 shp (31,000 kW ) 2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 720 hp (540 kW)^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Cheng Kung class^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Republic of China Navy^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]

In commission	2001–present^[source]	1993–present^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	—

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	8^[source]

Active	1^[source]	8^[source]

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	—

Type	Guided-missile corvette^[source]	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: AN/SPS-49 , AN/SPS-55 , Mk 92 fire control system Sonar: SQS-56 hull-mounted sonar^[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]	1 × Mk 13 Launcher for RIM-66 Standard MR missiles 2 × triple Mark 32 torpedo tubes with Mark 46 anti-submarine torpedoes 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun 2 × Bofors 40 mm/L70 guns 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS point defense cannon 2 × Type 75 20 mm/68 caliber guns 4 × Hsiung Feng II SSM 4 × Hsiung Feng III SSM or 8 × Hsiung Feng II SSM^[source]