BPS-500 missile boat vs Minerva-class corvette

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

BWarships

Minerva-class corvette

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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Minerva-class corvetteLOA

87 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 2 of 3

Beam+5%
Speed+28%

Minerva-class corvettelarger figure on 1 of 3

Draught

Measured figures

Head to head

16 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

62m

87mLOA

Length

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

87 m

LOA

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Minerva-class corvette configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Minerva-class corvette
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	- 2 x shaft - 2 x Diesel engines Grandi Motori Trieste GMT BM-230.20 DVM outputting 11.000 hp (8.203 kW) - 4 x diesel engine generators Isotta Fraschini ID-36-SS-12V, 2.600 kW (3.487 hp), with Ansaldo MXR 400 M6Z electric generators^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Minerva class^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Italian Navy (retired) Bangladesh Coast Guard (active)^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]

In commission	2001–present^[source]	1987^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	—

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	8^[source]

Active	1^[source]	4 (as OPV)^[source]

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	4^[source]

Type	Guided-missile corvette^[source]	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]	- 1 x Selenia AA/ASu-Radar SPS-774 (RAN 10S) E/F Band - 1 x SMA SPS-728 Navigation radar - 1 x Selenia Fire control SPG-75 (RTN 30X) for Albatros and 76mm - 1 x Sonar Raythron/Elsag DE-1167 - CMS Selenia IPN-10 (Mini-SADOC), Link 11 - ASW AN/SLQ-25 Nixie^[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 x OTO Melara 76 mm Gun - 2 x OTO Melara 25/80 guns with Oerlikon KBA 25mm - 1 x Sea Sparrow or Selenia Aspide in an 8-cell launcher - 2 × triple 324 mm TLS ASW torpedoes - 4 heavy machine guns^[source]