Buyan-class corvette vs Type 054A frigate

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Buyan-class corvette — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

Buyan-class corvette

Gunboat or monitor (Russian classification: Small artillery ship)

Credit

Anton Blinov · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

Type 054A frigate — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

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

Buyan-class corvetteLength

62 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Buyan-class corvettelarger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+4%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+116%
Beam+67%
Displacement+680%

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 30 rows sourced on both sides

62m

134m

Length+116%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 m (203 ft 5 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Buyan-class corvette and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Buyan-class corvette	Type 054A frigate
Power	2 shaft CODAD , 4 × Zvezda M520 , 10,875 kW (14,584 shp) and Kolomna Diesel, Pumpjet .^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Buyan class^[source]	—
Builders	Almaz Shipbuilding Company^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Russian Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]

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

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

Subclasses	Project 21631 Buyan-M (domestic) Project 21632 Tornado (export)^[source]	Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)^[source]

Built	2004–present^[source]	2005–present^[source]

In commission	2006–present^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Planned	3^[source]	50^[source]

Completed	3^[source]	—

Active	3^[source]	46^[source]

Type	Gunboat or monitor (Russian classification: Small artillery ship)^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Endurance	15 days^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	5P-26M Pozitiv-M phased array radar system (Pozitiv-ME1.2 for export) MR-231 navigation radar 5P-10-03 Laska fire control system (5P-10-03E for export) МР-123 fire control system Anapa-M anti-saboteur sonar system (Anapa-ME for export)^[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	2 × 10 PK-10 decoy launchers^[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 × 100 mm A-190-01 naval gun 2 × 30 mm AK-630 CIWS 1 × 20 122 mm retractable A-215 "Grad-M" 1 × 4 3M47 Gibka surface-to-air missiles 1 × 10 55 mm DP-65 anti-saboteur grenade launcher 2 × 14.5 mm KPV type^[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]