BPS-500 missile boat vs Kasturi-class corvette

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

BWarships

Kasturi-class corvette

FS 1500 corvette

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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Kasturi-class corvetteLength

98 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+13%

Kasturi-class corvettelarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+58%
Beam

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

62m

98m

Length+58%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

98 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Kasturi-class corvette configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Kasturi-class corvette
Displacement	—	1850 tons full load^[source]
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	4 × MTU 20V 1163 TB92 diesels 23,460 bhp (17,490 kW) 2 shafts^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Kasturi class^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Royal Malaysian Navy^[source]

Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	—

In commission	2001–present^[source]	—

Planned	4^[source]	—

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	2^[source]

Active	1^[source]	2^[source]

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	—

Type	Guided-missile corvette^[source]	FS 1500 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]	TACTICOS Combat Management System Thales Link Y Mk 2.5 DA-08 search radar WM-22 fire control radar DSQS-24C 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]	Guns : 1 × Bofors 57 mm gun 2 × MSI DS30B 30 mm cannon Anti-air : MANPAD Anti-ship : 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 2 Anti-submarine : 2 × triple Eurotorp B515 with A244-S ASW torpedoes^[source]