BPS-500 missile boat vs French ship Laplace (A 793)

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

BWarships

French ship Laplace (A 793)

Credit

Murzabov · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BPS-500 missile boatLength

62 m

Length source ↗

French ship Laplace (A 793)Length

59 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 2 of 3

Length+5%
Beam+1%

French ship Laplace (A 793)larger figure on 1 of 3

Draught+45%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

8 of 33 rows sourced on both sides

62m

59m

Length+5%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

59 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and French ship Laplace (A 793) configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	French ship Laplace (A 793)
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	2 SACM Wärtsilä UD30 RVR V12 M6 diesel engines 2,500 hp (1,864 kW) 2 shafts with 4-blade controllable pitch propellers^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Laplace^[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]	—

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]	2 × 12.7 mm machine guns^[source]