Absalon-class frigate vs Type 054A frigate

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Absalon-class frigate

Frigates (formerly support ships)

Type 054A frigate — licensed reference photograph

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Type 054A frigate

Frigate

Credit

日本防衛省・統合幕僚監部 · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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At a glance

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Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Absalon-class frigateLength

137 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Absalon-class frigatelarger figure on 2 of 3

Length+2%
Beam+22%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 1 of 3

Speed+14%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

20 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

137m

134m

Length+2%

All recorded figures & sources

137 m

Length

Single source

137 m (449 ft 6 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Absalon-class frigate and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Absalon-class frigate	Type 054A frigate
Complement	100, plus aircrew and transients (accommodation for up to 300 in total)^[source]	—
Power	CODAD (Combined diesel and diesel) : 2 × 2 MTU 20V 8000 M70 with a combine output of 32.8 MW (44,000 shp ), with 2 shafts, and each a controllable-pitch propeller 1 × bow thruster^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Builders	Odense Staalskibsværft^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Royal Danish Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy

Preceded by	Falster class^[source]	Type 054 frigate^[source]

Cost	DKK 2.5bn (total), (~US$189m/ship) excluding weapon modules^[source]	US$348 million (est. 2015)^[source]

Built	2003–2004^[source]	2005–present^[source]

In commission	2005–present^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Completed	2^[source]	—

Active	2^[source]	46^[source]

Type	Frigates (formerly support ships)^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Boats & landing craft carried	2 × SRC-90E special forces insertion craft 2 × RHIB^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Systems Combat management system: Terma C-Flex C4I (Combat management, command, control, communications and intelligence system) 20 × Mearsk Data Defence system multi-function consoles Radars and electro-optical sensors: 1 × Thales Nederland SMART-S Mk2 , S-band (IEEE) PESA , 3D , medium to long-range air and surface surveillance and guidance radar with an IFF system integrated 4 × Saab CEROS 200 Mk 3 fire control directors (radar and EOS) 1 × Scanter 2001 X-band (IEEE) surface surveillance radar 2 × FR-2135 X-band (IEEE) civilian navigation radar Sonars: 1 × Atlas Elektronik ASO 94-01 hull-mounted sonar 1 × Atlas Elektronik ACTAS towed array sonar (2025 upgrade contract) Communications: Tactical data links : Link 11 , Link 16 and Link 22 Satellite communications (civil / military) in EHF , SHF and UHF bands Antenna stations for army / air force / special forces use^[source]	Type 382 Radar Type 344 Radar (Mineral-ME Band Stand ) target acquisition and SSM fire control radar 4 × MR-90 Front Dome SAM fire control radars MR-36A surface search radar, I-band Type 347G 76 mm gun fire control radar 2 × Racal RM-1290 navigation radars, I-band MGK-335 medium frequency active/passive sonar system H/SJG-206 towed array sonar ZKJ-4B/6 (developed from Thomson-CSF TAVITAC) combat data system HN-900 Data link (Chinese equivalent of Link 11 A/B, to be upgraded) SNTI-240 SATCOM AKD5000S Ku band SATCOM^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	EW systems: 1 × ES 3701 Tactical Radar Surveillance System and Electronic Support Measures (ESM) 2 × Terma DL12T (Terma Mk 137 130 mm decoy launchers) 2 × Terma DL6T (Terma Mk 137 130 mm decoy launchers) Seagnat Mark 36 SRBOC (decoy launchers)^[source]	2 × Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers Type 922-1 radar warning receiver HZ-100 ECM & ELINT system Kashtan-3 missile jamming system^[source]

Armament	Permanently mounted weapons: MASS after upgrade Missiles: 2 × 2 Sea Stinger platform ( MANPAD ) Torpedoes: 2 × dual MU90 Impact ASW torpedo launchers (launcher Mark 32 Mod 14) Cannons: 1 × Mk 45 gun Mod 4 (127 mm - L/62) 2 × CIWS Oerlikon Millennium Gun (GDM-008) with AHEAD ammunition (35×228mm) Small arms: 7 × M/01 LvSa HMG ( 12.7×99mm NATO ) Modular armament: 5 × StanFlex modules positions, with the following weapons: Stanflex Mk-56 VLS with 12 × RIM-162 ESSM (Typical mission with 3 × Stanflex RIM-162 ESSM - 36 missiles) Stanflex 2 × 4 Mk141 Harpoon inclined launcher with 8 × Harpoon SSM Block II (Typical mission with 2 × Stanflex Harpoon - 16 missiles)^[source]	1 × 32-cell H/AKJ-16 VLS HHQ-16 SAM Yu-8 anti-submarine missile 2 × 4 YJ-83 anti-ship missiles 1 × H/PJ-26 76 mm naval gun (Type 054A and Type 054A+) or 1 x H/PJ-87 100 mm naval gun (Type 054AG) 2 × 30 mm Type 730 7-barrel gun-based CIWS or Type 1130 11-barrel gun-based CIWS 2 × 3 324 mm Yu-7 torpedo launchers 2 × 6 Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher^[source]

Aircraft carried	Helicopters: 1 × MH-60R Seahawk , and / or 1 × EH-101^[source]	Type 054A: Harbin Z-9 C or Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' Type 054AG: Harbin Z-20 family helicopter including Z-20F anti-submarine version and the Z-20J naval utility version^[source]