BPS-500 missile boat vs Visby-class corvette

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

BWarships

Visby-class corvette

Corvette

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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Visby-class corvetteLength

72.7 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 2 of 4

Beam+6%
Draught+4%

Visby-class corvettelarger figure on 2 of 4

Length+17%
Complement+54%

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 31 rows sourced on both sides

62m

72.7m

Length+17%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

72.7 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Visby-class corvette configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Visby-class corvette
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	CODOG 4 × Vericor TF50A gas turbines , total rating 16 MW (21,000 hp) 2 × MTU Friedrichshafen 16V 2000 N90 diesel engines , total rating 2.6 MW (3,500 hp) 3 × generators of 270 kW (360 hp) each 2 × 125SII Kamewa Waterjets^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	—
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Swedish Navy^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	—

Planned	4^[source]	6^[source]

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	5^[source]

Active	1^[source]	5^[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]	Systems: Saab 9LV combat management system Sea Ceptor Surface and air sensors: Saab Sea GIRAFFE AMB 3D PESA surveillance radar Saab Ceros 200 stealth fire control radar system Sonars: General Dynamics Canada Hydra multi-sonar suite GDC C-Tech CHMS-90 Hull-mounted sonar Hydroscience Technologies passive towed array sonar system GDC C-Tech CVDS-2 dual-frequency active, variable depth sonar Navigation: Saab 9LV Cetris (GPS/INS data fusion) Communications: Link 16 / Link 22 ASW communications and processing system: SAES SDL-SS (Sensor Data Link – Surface Segment): SDL-AS (Sensor Data Link – Air Segment)^[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]	Guns: 1 × Bofors 57mm mk3 gun Missiles: 2 × 4 RBS15 launchers, with: Current: 8 × RBS15 Mk2 anti-ship cruise missiles Future: 8 × RBS15 Mk4 Gungir anti-ship and land attack cruise missile 3-cells ExLS (Extensible Launching System) MBDA CAMM ASW weapons: Torpedo launcher: Saab Dynamics Tub m/20 (400 mm (16 in)): Torped 47 (SLWT) Torped 45 Mines and depth charges : Mine F80 Mine F8 Mine F23 / F24 ASW 127 mm (5.0 in) rocket-powered grenade launchers^[source]