Brandenburg-class frigate vs Type 054A frigate

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Brandenburg-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

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Brandenburg-class frigate

Frigate

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Avalikarvamus at English Wikipedia · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

Type 054A frigate — licensed reference photograph

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Type 054A frigate

Frigate

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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

Brandenburg-class frigateLength

138.85 m

Length source ↗

Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Brandenburg-class frigatelarger figure on 2 of 3

Length+4%
Beam+4%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 1 of 3

Draught+15%

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 28 rows sourced on both sides

139m

134m

Length+4%

All recorded figures & sources

138.85 m

Length

Single source

138.85 m (455 ft 7 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Brandenburg-class frigate and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Brandenburg-class frigate	Type 054A frigate
Power	CODOG (combined diesel or gas) two propeller shafts , controllable pitch propellers two MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel-engines , 8.14 MW each two General Electric LM2500 gas turbines , 38 MW total two Renk BGS 178 Lo gearboxes^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Brandenburg class^[source]	—
Builders	Blohm + Voss Howaldtswerke Nordseewerke Bremer Vulkan^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	German Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy

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

Succeeded by	Niedersachsen class (cancelled) MEKO A-200 DEU class (actual)^[source]	Type 054B frigate^[source]

Cost	€ 303 million per unit^[source]	US$348 million (est. 2015)^[source]

Built	1992–1996^[source]	2005–present^[source]

In commission	1994–present^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Completed	4^[source]	—

Active	4^[source]	46^[source]

Type	Frigate^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	One Thales LW08 air search D band radar one Thales SMART-S air/surface surveillance F band radar two Thales STIR 180 fire-control radar two Raytheon Redpath I band navigation radar one STN Atlas DSQS-23BZ hull-mounted sonar one STN Atlas TASS 6-3 (LFTASS) towed array sonar ( Bayern only)^[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	1 EADS FL 1800S ECM suite four TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) decoy dispenser (replaced two OTO-Melara SCLAR dispensers in 2009)^[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	Naval guns: One OTO-Melara 76 mm /62 Mk 75 multi-purpose naval gun Two Mauser BK-27 27 mm rapid-fire cannons Anti-aircraft warfare : One Mk 41 Mod 3 vertical launch system for 16 Sea Sparrow antiaircraft missiles ( ESSM planned) CIWS: Two Mk 49 launchers for 21 x Rolling Airframe Missiles Anti-ship missiles : Two quadruple launchers for 8 x Harpoon anti-ship missiles ) (replaced two twin launchers for 4 x MM38 Exocet missiles ) Anti-submarine warfare : Four 324 mm torpedo tubes , Mk 46 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	Two Sea Lynx helicopters equipped with ASW torpedoes , or air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua , and a heavy machine gun.^[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]