BPS-500 missile boat vs Santa María-class frigate

AWarships

Santa María-class frigate

Guided missile frigate

Credit

Bene Riobó · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 ↗

Santa María-class frigateLength

138.8 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+9%

Santa María-class frigatelarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+124%
Beam+30%
Complement+696%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

62m

139m

Length+124%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

138.8 m

Length

Single source

138.8 m (455 ft 5 in)^[source]

11m

14.3m

Beam+30%

All recorded figures & sources

11 m

Beam

Single source

11 metres (36.1 ft )^[source]

14.3 m

Beam

Single source

14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)^[source]

2.5m

6.6mmax

Draught

All recorded figures & sources

2.5 m

Draught

Single source

2.5 metres (8.2 ft )^[source]

6.6 m

max

Single source

6.6 m (21 ft 8 in) max^[source]

—

3,160tstandard

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

3,160 tonnes

standard

Single source

3,160 t (3,110 long tons) standard^[source]

223

Complement+696%

All recorded figures & sources

28 people

Complement

Single source

28^[source]

223 people

Complement

Single source

223^[source]

59km/hMaximum; Speed

54km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed+9%

All recorded figures & sources

59 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

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

54 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)^[source]

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

9,300kmAt 18 knots

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]

9,300 km

At 18 knots

Single source

8,300 km

At 20 knots

Single source

5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi)^[source]At 18 knots

4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi)^[source]At 20 knots

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 Santa María-class frigate configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Santa María-class frigate
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller 2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units , 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking.^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Santa María class^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Spanish Navy^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	1982–1994^[source]
In commission	2001–present^[source]	1986–present^[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]	Guided missile frigate^[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: AN/SPS-49 (V)4 2-D air search ((V)5 in F-85 & F-86), RAN-12L (being replaced by RAN-30) 2-D low horizon air search radar for Meroka, SPS-55 surface search radar, Mk 92 fire control system, Sonar: SQS-56, SQR-19(V) Towed Array (-19(V)2 in F-85 & F-86), Fire control: Mk 13 weapons control, Mk 92 and SPG-60 STIR missile control, SQQ-89 ASW^[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 × single-arm Mk 13 Missile Launcher with a 40-round magazine that can handle 32 SM-1MR anti-air/ship missiles and 8 Harpoon anti-ship missiles 2 × triple Mark 32 ASW torpedo tubes with Mark 46 Mod 5 anti-submarine torpedoes 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm/62 cal. naval gun 1 × 20 mm Meroka 12-barrel CIWS system^[source]
National origin	Russia^[source]	—
Alternative designation	BPS-500^[source]	—
Builders	—	Bazan , Ferrol, Spain^[source]
Preceded by	—	Baleares class^[source]
Succeeded by	—	F110 class^[source]
Electronic warfare & decoys	—	Nettunel (F-85 & F-86: Mk-3000) intercept, SLQ-25 Nixie , Mk36 SROC decoy launchers^[source]
Aircraft carried	—	2 × Sikorsky SH-60B Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters^[source]

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BPS-500 missile boat

Santa María-class frigate

Power

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

2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller 2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units , 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking.^[source]

Name

BPS-500 class^[source]

Santa María class^[source]

Operators

Vietnam People's Navy^[source]

Spanish Navy^[source]

Built

1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]

1982–1994^[source]

In commission

2001–present^[source]

1986–present^[source]

Planned

4^[source]

6^[source]

On order

3^[source]

—

Building

3^[source]

—

Completed

Active

Laid up

—

Retired

0^[source]

—

Type

Guided-missile corvette^[source]

Guided missile frigate^[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: AN/SPS-49 (V)4 2-D air search ((V)5 in F-85 & F-86), RAN-12L (being replaced by RAN-30) 2-D low horizon air search radar for Meroka, SPS-55 surface search radar, Mk 92 fire control system, Sonar: SQS-56, SQR-19(V) Towed Array (-19(V)2 in F-85 & F-86), Fire control: Mk 13 weapons control, Mk 92 and SPG-60 STIR missile control, SQQ-89 ASW^[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 × single-arm Mk 13 Missile Launcher with a 40-round magazine that can handle 32 SM-1MR anti-air/ship missiles and 8 Harpoon anti-ship missiles 2 × triple Mark 32 ASW torpedo tubes with Mark 46 Mod 5 anti-submarine torpedoes 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm/62 cal. naval gun 1 × 20 mm Meroka 12-barrel CIWS system^[source]

National origin

Russia^[source]

—

Alternative designation

BPS-500^[source]

—

Builders

—

Bazan , Ferrol, Spain^[source]

Preceded by

—

Baleares class^[source]

Succeeded by

—

F110 class^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys

—

Nettunel (F-85 & F-86: Mk-3000) intercept, SLQ-25 Nixie , Mk36 SROC decoy launchers^[source]

Aircraft carried

—

2 × Sikorsky SH-60B Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters^[source]