BPS-500 missile boat vs Victory-class corvette

AWarships

Victory-class corvette

Corvette

Credit

U.S. Navy photo · 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 ↗

Victory-class corvetteLength

62 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 2

Beam+29%

Victory-class corvettelarger figure on 1 of 2

Draught+4%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 31 rows sourced on both sides

62m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

62 m

Length

Single source

62 m (203 ft 5 in)^[source]

11m

8.5m

Beam+29%

All recorded figures & sources

11 m

Beam

Single source

11 metres (36.1 ft )^[source]

8.5 m

Beam

Single source

8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)^[source]

2.5m

2.6m

Draught+4%

All recorded figures & sources

2.5 m

Draught

Single source

2.5 metres (8.2 ft )^[source]

2.6 m

Draught

Single source

2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)^[source]

—

595t

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

595 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

595 t (586 long tons; 656 short tons)^[source]

49with 8 officers

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

28 people

Complement

Single source

28^[source]

49 people

with 8 officers

Single source

49 with 8 officers^[source]

59km/hMaximum; Speed

69km/hMaximum

SpeedScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

59 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

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

69 km/h

Maximum

Single source

33 km/h

Maximum; Cruising

Single source

Maximum: 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph) Cruising: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)^[source]

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

7,400kmat 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

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]

7,400 km

at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Single source

4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)^[source]

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 Victory-class corvette configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Victory-class corvette
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	4× Maybach MTU 16 V 538 TB93 high speed diesels coupled to 4× shafts Total output: 16,900 hp (12,600 kW)^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Victory class^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Republic of Singapore 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]	6^[source]
Active	1^[source]	6^[source]
Laid up	2^[source]	—
Retired	0^[source]	—
Type	Guided-missile corvette^[source]	Corvette^[source]
Tonnage	850 tons (full load)^[source]	—
Sensors & processing systems	MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar^[source]	Search radar : Ericsson/Radamec Sea Giraffe 150HC (G/H band) / Saab Sea Giraffe AMB post-2011 SLEP Navigation radar : Kelvin Hughes 1007 ( I band ) Weapon control : Elbit MSIS optronic director Sonar : Thomson Sintra TSM 2064 VDS^[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 : 8 × Boeing Harpoon Anti-air : 2 × 8-cell VLS for IAI / RAFAEL Barak Anti-submarine : EuroTorp A244/S Mod 1 torpedoes launched from 2 × triple-tubes(all removed) Main gun : 1 × Oto Melara 76mm Super Rapid gun Machine guns : 4 × STK 50MG 12.7 mm (0.50 in) HMGs^[source]
National origin	Russia^[source]	—
Alternative designation	BPS-500^[source]	—
Builders	—	Friedrich Lürssen Werft / ST Engineering (Marine)^[source]
Succeeded by	—	Victory-class MRCV^[source]
Electronic warfare & decoys	—	ESM : Elisra SEWS ECM : RAFAEL RAN 1101 Jammer Decoys : 2× Plessey Shield 9-barrelled chaff launchers, 2× twin RAFAEL long range chaff launchers fitted below the bridge wings^[source]
Aircraft carried	—	1× Boeing ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)^[source]
Notes	—	Ships in class include: RSS Victory (88) RSS Valour (89) RSS Vigilance (90) RSS Valiant (91) RSS Vigour (92) RSS Vengeance (93)^[source]
Country of origin	—	Germany^[source]

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BPS-500 missile boat

Victory-class corvette

Power

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

4× Maybach MTU 16 V 538 TB93 high speed diesels coupled to 4× shafts Total output: 16,900 hp (12,600 kW)^[source]

Name

BPS-500 class^[source]

Victory class^[source]

Operators

Vietnam People's Navy^[source]

Republic of Singapore Navy^[source]

Built

1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]

—

In commission

2001–present^[source]

—

Planned

4^[source]

—

On order

3^[source]

—

Building

3^[source]

—

Completed

Active

Laid up

—

Retired

0^[source]

—

Type

Guided-missile corvette^[source]

Corvette^[source]

Tonnage

850 tons (full load)^[source]

—

Sensors & processing systems

MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar^[source]

Search radar : Ericsson/Radamec Sea Giraffe 150HC (G/H band) / Saab Sea Giraffe AMB post-2011 SLEP Navigation radar : Kelvin Hughes 1007 ( I band ) Weapon control : Elbit MSIS optronic director Sonar : Thomson Sintra TSM 2064 VDS^[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 : 8 × Boeing Harpoon Anti-air : 2 × 8-cell VLS for IAI / RAFAEL Barak Anti-submarine : EuroTorp A244/S Mod 1 torpedoes launched from 2 × triple-tubes(all removed) Main gun : 1 × Oto Melara 76mm Super Rapid gun Machine guns : 4 × STK 50MG 12.7 mm (0.50 in) HMGs^[source]

National origin

Russia^[source]

—

Alternative designation

BPS-500^[source]

—

Builders

—

Friedrich Lürssen Werft / ST Engineering (Marine)^[source]

Succeeded by

—

Victory-class MRCV^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys

—

ESM : Elisra SEWS ECM : RAFAEL RAN 1101 Jammer Decoys : 2× Plessey Shield 9-barrelled chaff launchers, 2× twin RAFAEL long range chaff launchers fitted below the bridge wings^[source]

Aircraft carried

—

1× Boeing ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)^[source]

Notes

—

Ships in class include: RSS Victory (88) RSS Valour (89) RSS Vigilance (90) RSS Valiant (91) RSS Vigour (92) RSS Vengeance (93)^[source]

Country of origin

—

Germany^[source]