BPS-500 missile boat vs G-class frigate

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

TCG Göksu (F-497), a G-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

G-class frigate

Frigate

Credit

Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins · 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

Length source ↗

G-class frigateLength

135.6 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+5%

G-class frigatelarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+119%
Beam+25%
Draught+168%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

18 of 27 rows sourced on both sides

62m

136m

Length+119%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

135.6 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and G-class frigate configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	G-class frigate
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	2 × GE LM 2500 gas turbines , 41,000 hp (31 MW) 1 propeller and 2 × bow thrusters^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	G class^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Turkish Navy^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	1979–1981

In commission	2001–present^[source]	1997–present^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	8^[source]

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	8^[source]

Active	1^[source]	8^[source]

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	—

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

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

Sensors & processing systems	MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar^[source]	Combat Management System: GENESIS ( Gemi Entegre Savaş İdare Sistemi ) Search radar: SMART-S Mk2^[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 × Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS 1 × Oto Melara 76mm DP gun 8 × Harpoon SSM 40 × SM-1 MR SAM 32 × ESSM launched from Mk-41 VLS (4 ESSM missiles per MK-41 cell through the use of MK25 Quadpack canisters, total of 8 cells) Two triple Mark 32 Anti-submarine warfare torpedo tubes with Mark 46 or Mark 50 anti-submarine warfare torpedoes^[source]