BPS-500 missile boat vs Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer

Destroyer

Credit

U.S. Navy photo by (RELEASED) Photographer's Mate 1st Class David A. Levy · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · 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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Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyerLength

150 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+5%

Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyerlarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+142%
Beam+58%
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

12 of 32 rows sourced on both sides

62m

150m

Length+142%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

150 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	—
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	—
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Republic of Korea Navy^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	2002-2006^[source]
In commission	2001–present

Planned	4^[source]	—

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	—

Active	1^[source]	6^[source]

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	—

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

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

Sensors & processing systems	MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar^[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 × 5 inch (127 mm)/L62 caliber Mk 45 Mod 4 naval gun 1 × 30 mm Goalkeeper CIWS 1 × RAM Block 1 CIWS 8 × SSM-700K Haeseong Anti-ship Missiles 32-cell Mk 41 VLS for SM-2 Block IIIA 24-cell K-VLS for: K-ASROC Red Shark Hyunmoo III land attack cruise missiles^[source]

National origin	Russia^[source]	—

Alternative designation	BPS-500^[source]	—

Builders	—	Hyundai Heavy Industries Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering^[source]

Preceded by	—	Gwanggaeto the Great class^[source]

Succeeded by	—	Sejong the Great class^[source]

Propulsion	—	Hanhwa GE LM2500, Doosan MTU 956 Combined diesel or gas^[source]

Aircraft carried	—	2 × Super Lynx helicopters^[source]

Notes	—	Wang Geon is currently (April 2015) acting in a NEO / Temporary diplomatic mission role on station off the coast of Yemen . She was originally in the area as part of the Cheonghae Unit rotation.^[source]