BPS-500 missile boat vs PR-72P-class corvette

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

BWarships

PR-72P-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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PR-72P-class corvetteLength

64 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 2

Beam+32%

PR-72P-class corvettelarger figure on 1 of 2

Length+3%

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Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 29 rows sourced on both sides

62m

64m

Length+3%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

64 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and PR-72P-class corvette configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	PR-72P-class corvette
Displacement	—	560 tons standard (610 tons full load)^[source]
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	4 SACM AGO 240V16 M7 diesel engines 4 shafts, 17,424 shp (12.993 MW) (CM-21,CM-23,CM-25) 4 MTU 12V595 diesel engines 4 shafts, 22,000 shp (16 MW) (CM-22,CM-24,CM-26)^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	—
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Peruvian Navy^[source]
Built

In commission	2001–present^[source]	July 25, 1980^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	6^[source]

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	6^[source]

Active	1^[source]	6^[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]	Thomson-CSF THD 1040 Triton air/surface search radar Decca BridgeMaster E navigation radar Thomson-CSF Vega II fire-control system Thomson-CSF Castor II fire-control radar CSEE Panda optical director^[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]	4 Exocet MM-38 SSMs 1 OTO Melara 76/62mm Compact gun 1 OTO Melara Twin 40L70 DARDO compact gun 1 MGP-86 mount for Igla SAM^[source]