BPS-500 missile boat vs French frigate Courbet

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

BWarships

French frigate Courbet

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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French frigate CourbetLength

125 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+28%

French frigate Courbetlarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+102%
Beam+40%
Draught+92%

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Measured figures

Head to head

10 of 40 rows sourced on both sides

62m

125m

Length+102%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

125 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and French frigate Courbet configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	French frigate Courbet
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	4 SEMT Pielstick 12PA6V280 STC2 diesel engines , 16,000 kW (21,000 hp )^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Courbet^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	—
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	—
In commission	2001–present

Planned	4^[source]	—

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	—

Active	1^[source]	—

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	—

Type	Guided-missile 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]	1 × Air/Surface DRBV 15C sentry radar 1 x SENIT FLF combat management system (replaced previous Thales TAVITAC CMS during 2020-21 refit) 1 × firing control radar for the 100 mm gun 1 × DRBN34 navigation radar 1 × DRBN34 landing radar KingKlip Mk2 hull-mounted sonar (incorporated during 2020-21 refit)^[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]	Anti-ship; 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missiles (Block 3c variant entering service in French Navy from December 2022) Guns; 1 × 100 mm TR automatic gun 2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns Anti-aircraft; 2 x 6 SADRAL launchers/ MISTRAL Mk3 SAMs/SSMs (replaced previous Crotale SAM during 2020-21 refit)^[source]

National origin	Russia^[source]	—

Alternative designation	BPS-500^[source]	—

Namesake	—	Admiral Amédée Courbet^[source]

Laid down	—	15 September 1993^[source]

Launched	—	12 March 1994^[source]

Commissioned	—	1 April 1997^[source]

Home port	—	Toulon^[source]

Identification	—	MMSI number : 228731000^[source]

Honours and awards	—	Flies the FNFL jack in honour of the battleship Courbet^[source]

Status	—	In active service^[source]

Class & type	—	La Fayette -class frigate^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	1 × Saïgon ARBG 1 radio interceptor 1 × ARBR 21 radar interceptor 2 × Dagaie Mk2 chaff launcher 1 × AN/ SLQ-25 Nixie tugged noise maker 1 × Prairie-Masker noise reduction system 1 × Syracuse IV satellite communications 1 × Inmarsat^[source]