BPS-500 missile boat vs Qahir-class corvette

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

BWarships

Qahir-class 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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Qahir-class corvetteoa

83.7 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 3

Speed+4%

Qahir-class corvettelarger figure on 2 of 3

Beam+5%
Draught

Measured figures

Head to head

11 of 29 rows sourced on both sides

62m

83.7moa

Length

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

83.7 m

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Qahir-class corvette configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Qahir-class corvette
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	2 shafts, 4× Crossley-SEMP-Pielstck 16PA6 V280 STC Diesels 32,000 bhp (24,000 kW)^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	—
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Oman^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	—
In commission	2001–present

Planned	4^[source]	2^[source]

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	2^[source]

Active	1^[source]	—

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	—

Type	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]	1× Kelvin-Hughes Type 1007 Navigation radar 1× HSA MW-08 3D air/surface search radar 1× Thomson-CSF Castor IIJ MRR Fire control radar 1× HSA STING radar/optical fire control^[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× Otobreda 76 mm 62 Super Rapid gun 2× Oerlikon GAM-BO1 20mm cannon 1× octuple Crotale NG SAM launcher (16 missiles) 8× MM40 Block 2 Exocet anti-ship missiles^[source]