BPS-500 missile boat vs Shivalik-class frigate

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

Shivalik-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Shivalik-class frigate

Guided-missile frigate

Credit

Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BPS-500 missile boatLength

62 m

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Shivalik-class frigateLength

144 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 0 of 3

None

Shivalik-class frigatelarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+132%
Beam+54%
Draught+80%

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 33 rows sourced on both sides

62m

144m

Length+132%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

144 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Shivalik-class frigate configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Shivalik-class frigate
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Shivalik class^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Indian Navy^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	—
In commission	2001–present^[source]	—
Planned	4^[source]

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	3^[source]

Active	1^[source]	3^[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 :- 1 x Fregat M2EM 3-D radar (Surface & Air) 4 × MR-90 Orekh radar 1 × Elta EL/M-2238 STAR 2 × Elta EL/M 2221 STGR 1 × BEL APARNA Sonar :- BEL HUMSA-NG active/passive sonar Thales Sintra active towed-array sonar Combat Suite :- "Combat Management System" (CMS-17A)^[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]	Anti-air missiles: 1 × Shtil-1 single-arm surface-to-air missile launcher (24 missiles) 32-cell VLS for Barak 1 point-defence surface-to-air missiles Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles: 8 × VLS launched BrahMos , anti-ship and land-attack cruise missiles Guns: 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun 2 × AK-630 CIWS 2 x OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun Anti-submarine warfare: 2 × 2 DTA-53-956 torpedo launchers 2 × RBU-6000 (RPK-8) rocket launchers^[source]