Babur-class corvette vs Type 054A frigate

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AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph — Representative exterior of Babur-class corvette

AWarships

Babur-class corvette

Multi-purpose corvette

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Credit

ForceTally · AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph · AI-generated · OpenAI output terms · 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

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Babur-class corvetteLength

108.8 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Babur-class corvettelarger figure on 0 of 3

None

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+23%
Beam+8%
Draught+23%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

18 of 31 rows sourced on both sides

109m

134m

Length+23%

All recorded figures & sources

108.8 m

Length

Single source

108.8m^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Babur-class corvette and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Babur-class corvette	Type 054A frigate
Power	2 × MTU 16V 595 TE90 1 × General Electric LM2500^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Babur class^[source]	—
Builders	Istanbul Naval Shipyard (INSY) Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KSEW)^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Pakistan Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]

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

Planned	4^[source]	50^[source]

Completed	4^[source]	—

Active	2^[source]	46^[source]

Type	Multi-purpose corvette^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Propulsion	CODAG^[source]	—

Endurance	15 days^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Combat Suite :- HAVELSAN GENESİS ADVENT Combat Management System (CMS) Radar :- Aselsan SMART-S Mk2 S-Band 3D radar Aselsan ALPER LPI radar Aselsan AKREP (AKR-D Block B-1/2) fire-control radar Northrop Grumman LN-270 INS / GPS navigation system Sonar :- Meteksan YAKAMOS hull-mounted sonar Tracking Systems :- Aselsan SeaEye-AHTAPOT electro-optical surveillance system Aselsan PIRI infrared search and track system (IRST) Data Links :- MilSOFT Naval Information Exchange System (NIXS) C4I Pakistan-developed "Link Green" tactical data link^[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	Aselsan ARES-2NC Radar ESM^[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	Anti-air warfare :- 12 × Albatross NG (CAMM-ER) surface-to-air missiles launcher Anti-surface warfare :- 2 × triple-cell missile launchers, for 6 P282 SMASH anti-ship missiles Anti-submarine warfare :- 2 × 3-cell Mark 32 324 mm lightweight torpedo tubes Guns :- 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun 1 × Aselsan GOKDENIZ 35 mm CIWS 2 × Aselsan STOP 25 mm remote weapon stations Decoys :- Aselsan HIZIR torpedo-countermeasure 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]