BPS-500 missile boat vs Valour-class frigate

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

BWarships

Valour-class frigate

Guided-missile frigate

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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Valour-class frigateoverall

121 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 3

Speed+5%

Valour-class frigatelarger figure on 2 of 3

Beam+49%
Draught+138%

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 35 rows sourced on both sides

62m

121moverall

Length

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

107.3 m

at waterline

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Valour-class frigate configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Valour-class frigate
Displacement	—	3,700 tons^[source]
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	CODAG WARP 2 MTU 16V 1163 TB93 diesel engines , 5,920 kilowatts (7,940 hp) each, 2 shafts for cruise; 1 General Electric LM2500 , 20,000 kilowatts (27,000 hp) 1 waterjet^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Valour-class^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	South African Navy^[source]

Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	2001–2002^[source]

In commission	2001–present^[source]	2006–present^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	5^[source]

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[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 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]	Surveillance radar : Thales Naval France MRR-3D NG G-band multi-role radar Optical radar tracker : 2 Reutech RTS 6400 monopulse X band (I/J bands) combined radar and optronics trackers Electro-optical tracker : Reutech Electro-optical tracker Identification friend or foe : Tellumat Integrated Naval Identification friend or foe system Target designation sights : M-Tek Target Designation Sights Sonar : Thales UMS4132 Kingklip sonar Obstacle avoidance sonar : MDS 3060^[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-ship missiles : 8 MBDA MM 40 Exocet Block 2 surface-to-surface missiles (mounted in two four-cell launchers) Surface-to-air : 16 Umkhonto surface-to-air missiles in a 32-cell Vertical launching system , can be increased to 32 missiles Naval guns : 1 Otobreda 76 mm gun 1 Denel 35mm Dual Purpose Gun ( CIWS ) 2 Mk1 Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 2 12.7 mm Rogue remotely operated guns ASW : 4 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes^[source]

National origin	Russia^[source]	—

Alternative designation	BPS-500^[source]	—

Builders	—	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft , Kiel and Blohm+Voss , Hamburg^[source]

Preceded by	—	President class^[source]

Cost	—	R 9.65 billion (2007) for 4 units R 2.41 billion (2007) per unit^[source]

Canceled	—	1^[source]

Endurance	—	28 days^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	ESM/ECM : Saab Grintek Avitronics SME 100/200 ESM (Intercept and Jammer) & ELINT Decoys : 2 Saab Grintek Avitronics MRL Super Barricade chaff launchers (96 decoys)^[source]