BPS-500 missile boat vs Espora-class corvette

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

BWarships

Espora-class corvette

Corvette

Credit

Carlos Mey - Webmaster histarmar@fibertel.com.ar · 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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Espora-class corvetteLength

91.2 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 2

Speed+18%

Espora-class corvettelarger figure on 1 of 2

Length+47%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

13 of 31 rows sourced on both sides

62m

91.2m

Length+47%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

91.2 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Espora-class corvette configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Espora-class corvette
Displacement	—	1,560 tons (1,790 tons full load)^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	—
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Argentine Navy^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	—
In commission	2001–present^[source]	1985–present

Planned	4^[source]	—

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	6^[source]

Active	1^[source]	—

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[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]	Thales DA-05/2 air/surface search Thales WM-28, LIROD fire control Decca TM 1226 navigation (Consilium Selesmar NavBat on P45/6 Atlas AQS-1 hull MF 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]	4 × MM38 Exocet anti-ship missiles (removed from Parker ) 1 × 76 mm/62 OTO Melara dual purpose gun 2 × DARDO twin 40 mm AA guns 2 × .50 cal machine guns 2 × triple 324 mm ILAS-3 tubes (WASS A-244S torpedoes )^[source]