BPS-500 missile boat vs Descubierta-class corvette

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

Descubierta-class corvette — licensed reference photograph

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Descubierta-class corvette

Corvette

Credit

Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class James C. Davis · 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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Descubierta-class corvetteLength

88.8 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 2 of 5

Beam+6%
Speed+28%

Descubierta-class corvettelarger figure on 3 of 5

Measured figures

Head to head

16 of 27 rows sourced on both sides

62m

88.8m

Length+43%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

88.8 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Descubierta-class corvette configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Descubierta-class corvette
Displacement	—	1,233 tons standard, 1,482 tons full load^[source]
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	2 shaft, 4 MTU-Bazán 16V 956 TB91 diesel engines, 16,000 hp (12,000 kW)^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Descubierta class corvette^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Spanish Navy Egyptian Navy Royal Moroccan Navy^[source]

Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	1975-1984^[source]

In commission	2001–present^[source]	1978 - 2023 (Spanish Navy) 1984 - now (Egyptian Navy) 1983 - now (Royal Moroccan Navy)^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	—

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	9^[source]

Active	1^[source]	3^[source]

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	6^[source]

Type	Guided-missile corvette^[source]	Corvette^[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]	8 - Harpoon SSM (2 × 4) 8 - Aspide SAM (1 × 8) 1 - 76 mm gun 2 - 40 mm guns (2 × 1) 2 - Bofors 375mm Anti-submarine mortar (1 × 2) 6 - 12.75 in anti submarine torpedo tubes (2 × 3)^[source]