BPS-500 missile boat vs Nanuchka-class corvette

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

BWarships

Nanuchka-class corvette

Guided missile corvette

Credit

US military · 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 ↗

Nanuchka-class corvetteLength

59.3 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 4

Length+5%

Nanuchka-class corvettelarger figure on 3 of 4

Beam+15%
Draught+8%
Complement+114%

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

59.3m

Length+5%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

59.3 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Nanuchka-class corvette configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Nanuchka-class corvette
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	3 shaft Diesels, 30,000 hp (22,371 kW)^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	—
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Soviet Navy (former) Russian Navy Algerian National Navy Indian Navy (former) Libyan Navy (former)^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	—
In commission	2001–present

Planned	4^[source]	—

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	47^[source]

Active	1^[source]	8-10^[source]

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	30+^[source]

Type	Guided-missile corvette^[source]	Guided missile 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]	Radar: Band Stand fire control Bass Tilt Peel Pair surface search Pop group^[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]	6 × P-120 (SS-N-9 'Siren') (2×3) or 4 × P-15 (SS-N-2 'Styx') (export ships) anti-ship missiles 16 × Kh-35 (SS-N-25 'Switchblade') anti-ship cruise missiles (Nanuchka III) 20 × 4K33 (SA-N-4 'Gecko') surface-to-air missiles Twin 57mm AK-257 gun (Nanuchka I) 1 × 76mm AK-176 gun (Nanuchka III) 1 × 30mm AK-630 gun (Nanuchka III)^[source]