Ada-class corvette vs Type 054A frigate

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Ada-class corvette TCG Burgazada (F-513), whole foreground vessel at sea; a smaller ship is behind.

AWarships

Ada-class corvette

Corvette

Credit

Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet · Public domain · Resized / recompressed · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

Type 054A frigate — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

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

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Ada-class corvetteLength

99.56 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Ada-class corvettelarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+35%
Beam+11%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

21 of 32 rows sourced on both sides

99.56m

134m

Length+35%

All recorded figures & sources

99.56 m

Length

Single source

99.56 m (326 ft 8 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Ada-class corvette and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Ada-class corvette	Type 054A frigate
Name	Ada class^[source]	—
Builders	Istanbul Naval Shipyard STM ASFAT^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Turkish Naval Forces Pakistan Navy Ukrainian Navy Royal Malaysian Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Burak class^[source]	Type 054 frigate^[source]

Subclasses	Babur class^[source]	Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)^[source]

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

In service	2011–present^[source]	—

Planned	14^[source]	50^[source]

Completed	7^[source]	—

Active	7^[source]	46^[source]

Type	Corvette^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Propulsion	1 gas turbine, 2 diesels, 2 shafts^[source]	—

Endurance	21 days with logistic support 10 days autonomous^[source]	—

Boats & landing craft carried	2 x RHIB^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Combat management system: G-MSYS ( GENESIS MİLGEM Savaş Yönetim Sistemi ) Search radar: SMART-S Mk2 Weapon control: STING EO Mk2 Sonar: TBT-01 Yakamoz Communication: SatCom, GPS, LAN, ECDIS/WECDIS, Link 11/16 Navigation: ECPINS-W, ALPER LPI Integrated platform management system: UniMACS 3000 Others: X-Band radar, Fire control radar^[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	SIGINT : ARES-2N Others: Laser/RF systems, ASW jammers, DG, SSTD^[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	Guns: 1 × 76 mm (3 in) Oto Melara Super Rapid (retractable for lower radar cross section, guidance by fire control radar and electro-optical systems), A position 2 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Aselsan STAMP Stabilized Machine Gun Platform (guidance by Laser/IR/TV and electro-optical systems, automatic and manual modes), B position Anti-ship missiles: 8 × Harpoon or Atmaca Anti-aircraft warfare: 1 × RAM Block I Torpedoes: 2 × 324 mm (13 in) Mk.32 twin launchers for Mk.46 torpedoes Torpedo defence system: Sea Sentor Surface Ship Torpedo Defense System^[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	Hangar and platform for: S-70B Seahawk ASW helicopters Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)^[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]