BPS-500 missile boat vs Pauk-class corvette

AWarships

Pauk-class corvette

Anti-submarine corvette

Credit

Luis Díaz-Bedia Astor, Burgas, 14th July 2005 from Los Barcos de Eugenio - Eugenio´s Warships · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 ↗

Pauk-class corvetteLength

57 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 4 of 5

Length+9%
Beam+17%
Draught+4%
Speed+3%

Pauk-class corvettelarger figure on 1 of 5

Complement+43%

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 31 rows sourced on both sides

62m

57m

Length+9%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

57 m

Length

Single source

57 m (187 ft)^[source]

11m

9.4m

Beam+17%

All recorded figures & sources

11 m

Beam

Single source

11 metres (36.1 ft )^[source]

9.4 m

Beam

Single source

9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)^[source]

2.5m

2.4m

Draught+4%

All recorded figures & sources

2.5 m

Draught

Single source

2.5 metres (8.2 ft )^[source]

2.4 m

Draught

Single source

2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)^[source]

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589tfull load

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

589 tonnes

full load

Single source

508 tonnes

standard

Single source

500 long tons (508 t) standard, 580 long tons (589 t) full load^[source]

Complement+43%

All recorded figures & sources

28 people

Complement

Single source

28^[source]

40 people

Complement

Single source

40^[source]

59km/hMaximum; Speed

51.856–62.968km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed

All recorded figures & sources

59 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

32 knots (59 km/h )^[source]

51.856–62.968 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

51.9 km/h

Maximum; /32.2 mph

Single source

63 km/h

Maximum; /39.1 mph

Single source

28–34 knots (51.9 km/h/32.2 mph – 63 km/h/39.1 mph)^[source]

4,100kmat 14 knots (26 km/h )

3,056kmat 14 kn (25.9 km/h; 16.1 mph)

RangeScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

4,100 km

at 14 knots (26 km/h )

Single source

2,200 nautical miles (4,100 km ; 2,500 mi ) at 14 knots (26 km/h )^[source]

3,056 km

at 14 kn (25.9 km/h; 16.1 mph)

Single source

1,650 nautical miles (3,056 km; 1,899 mi) at 14 kn (25.9 km/h; 16.1 mph)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Pauk-class corvette configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Pauk-class corvette
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	2 shaft M504 diesels, 20,000 shp (14,914 kW)^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Pauk class^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Soviet Navy Russian Navy Russian Coast Guard Indian Navy Bulgarian Navy Cuban Revolutionary Navy Ukrainian Sea Guard^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	—
In commission	2001–present^[source]	—
Planned	4^[source]	41^[source]
On order	3^[source]	—
Building	3^[source]	—
Completed	1^[source]	36^[source]
Active	1^[source]	6?^[source]
Laid up	2^[source]	—
Retired	0^[source]	30?^[source]
Type	Guided-missile corvette^[source]	Anti-submarine 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: Spin Trough, Bass Tilt, Air surface search Sonar: Medium frequency hull mounted and Bronza dipping 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]	1 SA-N-5 SAM (1x4) 1 × 76mm AK-176 gun 1 × 30mm AK-630 gun 2 × RBU-1200 anti submarine rocket launchers 4 × 406 mm (16 in) anti submarine torpedo tubes; some ships have 2 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes^[source]
National origin	Russia^[source]	—
Alternative designation	BPS-500^[source]	—
Builders	—	Vostochnaya Verf^[source]
Preceded by	—	Poti class^[source]
Subclasses	—	Abhay class^[source]
Canceled	—	5^[source]
Preserved	—	1^[source]
Electronic warfare & decoys	—	Vympel-R2 Electronic Warfare suite Half Hat-B PK-16 Decoy Launchers^[source]

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BPS-500 missile boat

Pauk-class corvette

Power

2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]

2 shaft M504 diesels, 20,000 shp (14,914 kW)^[source]

Name

BPS-500 class^[source]

Pauk class^[source]

Operators

Vietnam People's Navy^[source]

Soviet Navy Russian Navy Russian Coast Guard Indian Navy Bulgarian Navy Cuban Revolutionary Navy Ukrainian Sea Guard^[source]

Built

1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]

—

In commission

2001–present^[source]

—

Planned

4^[source]

41^[source]

On order

3^[source]

—

Building

3^[source]

—

Completed

1^[source]

36^[source]

Active

1^[source]

6?^[source]

Laid up

2^[source]

—

Retired

0^[source]

30?^[source]

Type

Guided-missile corvette^[source]

Anti-submarine 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: Spin Trough, Bass Tilt, Air surface search Sonar: Medium frequency hull mounted and Bronza dipping 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]

1 SA-N-5 SAM (1x4) 1 × 76mm AK-176 gun 1 × 30mm AK-630 gun 2 × RBU-1200 anti submarine rocket launchers 4 × 406 mm (16 in) anti submarine torpedo tubes; some ships have 2 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes^[source]

National origin

Russia^[source]

—

Alternative designation

BPS-500^[source]

—

Builders

—

Vostochnaya Verf^[source]

Preceded by

—

Poti class^[source]

Subclasses

—

Abhay class^[source]

Canceled

—

5^[source]

Preserved

—

1^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys

—

Vympel-R2 Electronic Warfare suite Half Hat-B PK-16 Decoy Launchers^[source]