BPS-500 missile boat vs Sejong the Great-class destroyer

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

Sejong the Great-class destroyer — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Sejong the Great-class destroyer

Guided-missile destroyer

Credit

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brandon Raile · 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 ↗

Sejong the Great-class destroyerBatch II

170 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Sejong the Great-class destroyerlarger figure on 2 of 2

Beam+95%
Complement+971%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 34 rows sourced on both sides

62m

170mBatch II

Length

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

166 m

Batch I

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Sejong the Great-class destroyer configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Sejong the Great-class destroyer
Displacement	—	Batch I: 7,650 tons standard displacement 10,000 tons full load Batch II: 8,200 tons standard displacement 12,000 tons full load^[source]
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	4 × General Electric LM2500 COGAG ; 2 × shafts; 100,000 shp (75,000 kW) produced power^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	—
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Republic of Korea Navy^[source]

Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	—

In commission	2001–present^[source]	—

Planned	4^[source]	6^[source]

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	2^[source]

Completed	1^[source]	4^[source]

Active	1^[source]	4^[source]

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	—

Type	Guided-missile corvette^[source]	Guided-missile destroyer^[source]

Tonnage	850 tons (full load)^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar^[source]	AN/SPY-1D(V) multi-function radar AN/SPG-62 fire control radar DSQS-21BZ-M hull-mounted sonar SQR-220K towed array sonar system Sagem Infrared Search & Track (IRST) system^[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]	Batch I: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/L62 caliber Mk 45 Mod 4 naval gun 1 × 30 mm Goalkeeper CIWS 1 × RAM Block 1 CIWS 16 × SSM-700K Haeseong anti-ship missile 2 × triple torpedo tubes for: K745 Blue Shark torpedo 1 × 48-cell, 1 × 32-cell (80 cells) Mk 41 VLS for: SM-2 Block IIIB/IV 1 × 48-cell K-VLS for: K-ASROC Red Shark Hyunmoo III land attack cruise missiles K-SAAM short range air defence missiles KM-SAM air defence missiles Batch II: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/L62 caliber Mk 45 Mod 4 2 × 20mm Block 1B Phalanx CIWS 8 × SSM-700K Haeseong anti-ship missile 2 × triple torpedo tubes for: K745 Blue Shark torpedo 1 × 48-cell Mk 41 VLS for: SM-2 Block IIIB/IV SM-3 NTW Block IB SM-6 Block I 1 × 16-cell K-VLS for: K-ASROC Red Shark Hyunmoo III land attack cruise missiles K-SAAM short range air defence missiles KM-SAM air defence missiles 1 × 24-cell K-VLS II for: L-SAM long range air defence missiles Hyunmoo IV-2 ballistic missiles^[source]