Brahmaputra-class frigate vs Type 054A frigate

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Brahmaputra-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

Brahmaputra-class frigate

Guided-missile frigate

Credit

AroundTheGlobe · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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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Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Brahmaputra-class frigateLength

126.4 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Brahmaputra-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 3

None

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+6%
Beam+10%
Draught+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 29 rows sourced on both sides

126m

134m

Length+6%

All recorded figures & sources

126.4 m

Length

Single source

126.4 m (415 ft)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Brahmaputra-class frigate and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Brahmaputra-class frigate	Type 054A frigate
Power	2 BHEL Bhopal steam turbines delivering 22,370 kW (30,000 shp) to 2 shafts^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Brahmaputra class^[source]	—
Builders	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Indian Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy

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

Succeeded by	Talwar class^[source]	Type 054B frigate^[source]

Built	1989–2005^[source]	2005–present^[source]

In commission	2000–present^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Planned	3^[source]	50^[source]

Completed	3^[source]	—

Active	2^[source]	46^[source]

Laid up	1^[source]	—

Type	Guided-missile frigate^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	Radar BEL RAWS-03 air/surface search radar BEL/Signaal RAWL-02 (PLN 517) air search radar Decca Bridgemaster/BEL Rashmi PIN 524 navigation radar BEL Aparna Fire Control radar (Kh-35 SSM) Elta EL/M-2221 Search, Track & Guidance/Gunnery Radar (Barak SAM) Sonar BEL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array) Thales Sintra towed array sonar OE BEL Shikari opto-electronic trackers (guns)^[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	BEL Ajanta Mk.2C Electronic Warfare system ELLORA Electronic Support Measures system BEL Radar Warning Receiver Suite Decoy 2 × chaff/flare launcher Super Barricade chaff launcher 2 × Graesby G738 or BEL TOTED towed torpedo decoy^[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	16 × Kh-35 (SS-N-25) SSM (4 × quadruple KT-184 launchers) 24 × Barak point-defence surface-to-air missiles (3 × 8 cell VLS units) 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm gun 4 × AK-630 6-barreled 30 mm gatling gun 2 × triple ILAS 3 324 mm torpedo tubes (Whitehead A244S anti-submarine 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	2 Sea King or HAL Chetak^[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]