BPS-500 missile boat vs Slava-class cruiser

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

BWarships

Slava-class cruiser

Guided-missile cruiser

Credit

LPHOT SEELEY · OGL v1.0 · Resized · OGL v1.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BPS-500 missile boatLength

62 m

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Slava-class cruiserLength

186.4 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 0 of 3

None

Slava-class cruiserlarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+201%
Beam+89%
Draught+236%

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 36 rows sourced on both sides

62m

186m

Length+201%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

186.4 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Slava-class cruiser configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Slava-class cruiser
Displacement	—	9,380 tons standard 11,490 tons full load^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Slava class^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Soviet Navy Russian Navy Ukrainian Navy (laid up & uncompleted)^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	1976–1990^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	10^[source]

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	3^[source]

Active	1^[source]	2^[source]

Laid up	2^[source]	1 (construction incomplete)^[source]

Retired	0^[source]	—

Type	Guided-missile corvette^[source]	Guided-missile cruiser^[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: MR-800 Voshkod/Top Pair 3-D long-range air search, MR-700 Fregat/Top Steer (first two) or MR-710 Fregat-MA/Top Plate (second two) 3-D air search Sonar: MG-332 Tigan-2T/Bull Nose hull mounted LF, Platina/Horse Tail MF VDS Fire Control: 3R41 Volna/Top Dome SA-N-6 SAM control, MPZ-301 Baza/Pop Group SA-N-4 SAM control, Argument/Front Door-C SSM 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]	Missiles: 16 (8 × 2) P-1000 Vulcan (SS-N-12 Sandbox) anti-ship missiles 64 (8 × 8) S-300F Fort (SA-N-6 Grumble) long-range surface-to-air missiles 40 (2 × 20) OSA-M (SA-N-4 Gecko) SR SAM Guns: 1 × twin AK-130 130 mm/L70 dual purpose guns 6 × 1 AK-630 close-in weapons systems Torpedoes and others: 2 × 12 RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars 10 (2 × 5) 533 mm torpedo tubes^[source]

National origin	Russia^[source]	—

Alternative designation	BPS-500^[source]	—

Builders	—	61 Communards Shipyard , Mykolaiv^[source]

Preceded by	—	Kara class^[source]

Succeeded by	—	Lider class (theoretical)^[source]

In service	—	1982–present^[source]

Canceled	—	6^[source]

Lost	—	1^[source]

Propulsion	—	COGOG : GTU M21 2 × M70 cruise gas turbines and 4 × M90 boost gas turbines, 2 cruise steam turbines, 2 exhaust gas boilers, 4 × M8KF gas turbines, 2 shafts^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	Kol'cho suite with Gurzhor-A&B/Side Globe intercept, MR-404/Rum Tub jammers, Bell Crown intercept, Bell Push intercept, 2 PK-2 decoy RL, 12 PK-10 decoy RL (in last two units only)^[source]