BPS-500 missile boat vs Kingston-class coastal defence vessel

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

Kingston-class coastal defence vessel — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Kingston-class coastal defence vessel

Coastal defence vessel

Credit

Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Heather C. Wamsley · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BPS-500 missile boatLength

62 m

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Kingston-class coastal defence vesseloa

55.31 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 3

Speed+111%

Kingston-class coastal defence vessellarger figure on 2 of 3

Beam+3%
Draught+37%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

16 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

62m

55.31moa

Length

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

55.31 m

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Kingston-class coastal defence vessel configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Kingston-class coastal defence vessel
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	—
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Kingston class^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Royal Canadian Navy^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	1994–1998^[source]

In commission	2001–present^[source]	21 September 1996–present^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	—

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	12^[source]

Active	1^[source]	4^[source]

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	8^[source]

Type	Guided-missile corvette^[source]	Coastal defence vessel^[source]

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

Sensors & processing systems	MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar^[source]	Kelvin Hughes Nucleus S-band surface search radar Towed high-frequency sidescan sonar Remote-control Mine Hunting System (RMHS) Magnetic degaussing system^[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 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 Mk 5C cannon (removed 2014) 1 x Nanuk RCWS 12.7 mm heavy machine gun (trial) 2 × M2 machine guns^[source]