BPS-500 missile boat vs Istanbul-class frigate

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

Istanbul-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Istanbul-class frigate

Multirole frigate

Credit

Karaahmet · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BPS-500 missile boatLength

62 m

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Istanbul-class frigateLength

113.2 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+9%

Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 32 rows sourced on both sides

62m

113m

Length+83%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

113.2 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Istanbul-class frigate configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Istanbul-class frigate
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	4 x 560kw Generator^[source] Combined diesel and gas (CODAG) arrangement: 1 x GE LM2500 Gas turbine 2 x 5.766HP MTU Diesel Machine 2 x Controllable Pitch Propeller (CPP)^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Istanbul class^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Turkish Naval Forces Indonesian Navy (future)^[source]

In commission	2001–present^[source]	2024–present^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	Total 10: Turkey: 8 Indonesia: 2^[source]

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	5^[source]

Completed	1^[source]	3^[source]

Active	1^[source]	1^[source]

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	—

Type	Guided-missile corvette^[source]	Multirole 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]	—

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]	Guns: 1 × MKE 76 mm/62-caliber gun or OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid (only on TCG Istanbul) main gun 1 × Aselsan GOKDENIZ 35 mm dual barreled CIWS 2 × Aselsan SMASH 200/25 25 mm RCWS Anti-ship missiles: 4 × 4 (total 16) Atmaca anti-ship missiles Vertical launching system: 16-cell MiDLAS vertical launching system for Istanbul (further ships may contain more VLS): up to 16 SAPAN or SIPER Block 1 Surface-to-air missiles or up to 64 smaller Hisar-D surface to air missiles Torpedoes: ZIPKIN 100/D Torpedo tube system 2 × 324 mm (13 in) Double Torpedo launchers with Roketsan Orka or MK-46M5 Torpedoes^[source]

National origin	Russia^[source]	—

Alternative designation	BPS-500^[source]	—

Builders	—	Istanbul Naval Shipyard Anadolu Shipyard Sedef Shipyard Sefine Shipyard^[source]

Preceded by	—	Barbaros class^[source]

Cost	—	$500 million per unit^[source]

Boats & landing craft carried	—	2 x Rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB)^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	ESM : ASELSAN ARES 2N/NGE ECM : Aslesan AREAS 2NC/E ARES-NEWS Central management system Decoy : Aselsan HIZIR Torpedo countermeasures system Aselsan KARTACA-N Decoy ejection system^[source]