Amiral Ronarc'h-class frigate vs Type 054A frigate

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Amiral Ronarc'h-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

Amiral Ronarc'h-class frigate

General-purpose frigate

Credit

Oleg Yunakov · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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

Amiral Ronarc'h-class frigateLength

122 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Amiral Ronarc'h-class frigatelarger figure on 2 of 3

Beam+11%
Draught+28%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 1 of 3

Length+10%

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

122m

134m

Length+10%

All recorded figures & sources

122 m

Length

Single source

122 m (400 ft 3 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Amiral Ronarc'h-class frigate and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Amiral Ronarc'h-class frigate	Type 054A frigate
Name	Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention (FDI)^[source]	—
Builders	Naval Group Salamis Shipyards^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	French Navy Hellenic Navy Swedish Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Aquitaine class ( FN ) La Fayette class ( FN ) Elli class ( HN ) Hydra class ( HN ) Visby class ( SN )^[source]	Type 054 frigate

Subclasses	Kimon class ( HN ) Luleå class ( SN )^[source]	Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)^[source]

Cost	€ 2.1 billion (2017) (equivalent to € 2.5 billion in 2025) for 5 units € 3.5 billion (2017) (equivalent to € 4.2 billion in 2025) including development costs^[source]	US$348 million (est. 2015)^[source]

Built	2019–present^[source]	2005–present^[source]

In service	From 2025^[source]	—

In commission	From 2025 (Hellenic Navy)^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Planned	13 total: 5 ( FN ) 4 ( HN ) 4 ( SN )^[source]	50^[source]

Building	7 (4 x FN, 3 x HN)^[source]	—

Completed	2 (1 x FN, 1 x HN)^[source]	—

Type	General-purpose frigate^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Propulsion	CODAD (Combined diesel and diesel) : 2 × 2 MTU 16V 8000 M91L (each line driving two shafts fitted with controllable-pitch propellers via reduction gearboxes)^[source]	—

Endurance	45 days^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Naval Group Setis® 3.0 Combat Management System Thales SEA FIRE 4D AESA S-band multi-function radar Thales KingKlip Mk2 hull-mounted sonar Thales CAPTAS-4 Compact towed array sonar Thales Aquilon digital communication system Thales SURFSAT-L SATCOM terminal with Syracuse IV satellite link Terma SCANTER X-band navigation radar Wärtsilä NACOS X-band navigation radar iXblue Marins inertial navigation system iXblue Netans navigation data distribution system Thales STIR 1.2 EO Mk2 medium- and long-range tracking radar system for gunfire control Safran PASEO XLR extra long-range EO / IR and FCS system Bertin Technologies 360° TV/IR camera surveillance system Thales BlueGate E-scan IFF system^[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	Thales SENTINEL R- ESM system Thales ALTESSE-H C-ESM system Naval Group CMLS with CANTO anti-torpedo decoys^[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	1 × Oto Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun (in stealth cupola) 2 × Nexter Narwhal 20B 20 mm RWS 8 × Exocet MM-40 Block 3c anti-ship missiles 2 × Sylver A50 8-cell VLS for 16 Aster 15 or 30 surface-to-air missiles (first three French FDIs from build); 4 x 8 (32 Aster 15/30) on last two French FDIs from service entry and retrofit to other vessels of the class in the 2030s 2 × 2 Sadral Mistral Simbad-RC SAM -based CIWS (either fit from build or retrofit) 2 × twin torpedo tubes for MU90 Impact torpedoes^[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	1 NH90 or H160M Guépard helicopter 1 Unmanned Air Systems: Camcopter S-100 or SDAM^[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]