BPS-500 missile boat vs Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

BWarships

Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate

Air defence frigate

Credit

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Joshua L. Leonard · 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 ↗

Iver Huitfeldt-class frigateLength

138.7 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+13%

Iver Huitfeldt-class frigatelarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+124%
Beam+80%
Complement+489%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 31 rows sourced on both sides

62m

139m

Length+124%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

138.7 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	Four MTU 8000 20V M70 diesel engines , 8.2 MW each Two shafts, CODAD^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	—
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Royal Danish Navy^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	2008–2011^[source]

In commission	2001–present^[source]	2012–present^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	3^[source]

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	3^[source]

Active	1^[source]	—

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	—

Type	Guided-missile corvette^[source]	Air defence 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]	Radars : Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar ( I band ) 2 × Saab CEROS 200 fire control radars Terma SCANTER 6000 surveillance and helicopter guidance radar Sonars : Atlas ASO 94 hull mounted 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]	Permanently mounted weapons: 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm 1 × Oerlikon Millennium 35 mm Naval Revolver Gun System CIWS 2 × dual MU90 Impact ASW torpedo launchers 32-cell Mark 41 Vertical Launching System for up to 32 SM-2 IIIA surface-to-air missiles 6 StanFlex modules, with the following options each: 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm , usually mounted in bow slot 1 × Mk.56 VLS fitting 12 RIM-162 ESSM (usually mounts 2) 8 × Harpoon Block II SSM in inclined launchers (usually mounts 2)^[source]

National origin	Russia^[source]	—

Alternative designation	BPS-500^[source]	—

Builders	—	Odense Staalskibsværft Baltija Shipbuilding Yard Loksa Shipyard^[source]

Preceded by	—	Niels Juel -class corvette^[source]

Cost	—	US$325 million per ship^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	EW systems : 8 × 6-barrelled Terma Mk 137 130 mm decoy launchers ES-3701 Tactical Radar Electronic Support Measures ( ESM ) Seagnat Mark 36 SRBOC MASS after upgrade^[source]