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Cmdr. Kamchai Charoenpongchai · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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Bhumibol Adulyadej-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 4
Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 3 of 4
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source124.1 m (407 ft 2 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bhumibol Adulyadej-class frigate | Type 054A frigate |
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| Builders | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering , Busan, South Korea[source] | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard[source] |
| Operators | Royal Thai Navy[source] | People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Naresuan class[source] | Type 054 frigate[source] |
| Built | 2013–2017[source] |
134 m (440 ft)[source]
Unspecified
Single source180人[source]Unspecified
4 × Ship Service Power Generation (Each of Rated output
Single source4 × Ship Service Power Generation (Each of 830 kW Rated output)[source]
2 × MTU 16V1163 M94 diesel engine 8,000 hp (6,000 kW ) 1 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine 29,000 hp (22,000 kW)[source]
CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
2005–present[source] |
| In commission | 2019–present[source] | 2008–present[source] |
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| Planned | 50[source] |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | 46[source] |
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| Type | Multi-role stealth frigate[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × Sea Giraffe 4A AESA long range surveillance radar 1 × Saab SEA GIRAFFE AMB medium range 3D surveillance radar 1 × Wartsila X-band Navigation radar 1 × Wartsila S-band Navigation radar 1 × Tactical Air Navigation System 1 × Surveillance camera 2 × Saab CEROS 200 fire control radar 1 × Saab EOS 500 Electro Optical Fire Control 1 × Atlas ASO DSQS-24 Hull Mounted Sonar 1 × Atlas ELEKTRONIK ACTAS Towed Array Sonar 15 × Saab 9LV Mk4 Multi-Function Consoles 2 × Continuous Wave Illuminators 2 × Target Designation Sight: Bridge Pointer 2 × Identification Friend or Foe 1 × ADS – Broadcast Stealth technology Radar Cross Section Reduction Infrared Reduction Underwater Radiated Noise Reduction Degaussing System NBC Protection 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] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 1 × Harris ES-3601 Radar-ESM 1 × R&F DDF-255 Communication-ESM 6 × Terma C-Guard DL-12T Mk. 137 Decoy Launchers Active-offboard ECM Mk.234 Nulka anti-ship missile decoy system Naval Group CANTO-V anti-torpedo decoy system[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] |
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| Armament | 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm/62 Super Rapid main gun 2 × 30mm DS30M Mark 2 Automated Small Calibre Gun 2 × M2 Browning .50 caliber guns 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 8 × RGM-84L Block II Harpoon anti-ship missile 2 x SEA Torpedo Launching System Mk 32 torpedo tubes 8-cell Mk. 41 VLS containing/or mixture of: 32 × RIM-162 ESSM Block II in quadpacked max loadout 8 × RUM-139C VL ASROC Fitted for but not with SM-2MR Standard Missile[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] |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × S-70B Seahawk or MH-60S Knight hawk[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] |
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| Country of origin | 大韓民国[source]Design origin explicitly attributed in article text | People's Republic of China[source] People's Republic of China[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Type 054B frigate[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)[source] |
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| Cost | — | US$348 million (est. 2015)[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | hangar[source] |
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