BPS-500 missile boat vs Nampo-class corvette

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph — Representative exterior of Nampo-class corvette

BWarships

Nampo-class corvette

Corvette

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Credit

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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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Nampo-class corvetteLength

76 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Nampo-class corvettelarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+23%
Draught+36%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 31 rows sourced on both sides

62m

76m

Length+23%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

76 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Nampo-class corvette configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Nampo-class corvette
Displacement	—	1300 ~ 1500tons^[source]
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	—
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	—
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Korean People's Navy^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	2013-2014

In commission	2001–present^[source]	2013-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]	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]	unknown^[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]	Missiles 2x2 Kumsong-3 anti-ship & land-attack cruise missiles ; short-range Igla surface-to-air missiles ; Guns OTO Melara 76 mm 2 30mm gatlings AK-230 CIWS ; 2-4 14.5x114 manned gatlings Anti-submarine 4 RBU-1200 five-tube fixed launchers 2x2 533mm torpedo tubes^[source]