Cheng Kung-class frigate vs Type 054A frigate

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Cheng Kung-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

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Cheng Kung-class frigate

Frigate

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Type 054A frigate — licensed reference photograph

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Type 054A frigate

Frigate

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First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Cheng Kung-class frigateoa

138.81 m

Length source ↗

Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Cheng Kung-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 2

Speed+8%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 1 of 2

Beam+14%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

139moa

134m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

138.81 m

Single source

125.91 m

Single source

Configuration

Details

Cheng Kung-class frigate and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Cheng Kung-class frigate	Type 054A frigate
Power	2 × General Electric LM- 2500 gas turbines , 41,000 shp (31,000 kW ) 2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 720 hp (540 kW)^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Cheng Kung class^[source]	—
Builders	China Shipbuilding Corporation^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Republic of China Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy

In commission	1993–present^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Completed	8^[source]	—

Active	8^[source]	46^[source]

Type	Frigate^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	Radar: AN/SPS-49 , AN/SPS-55 , Mk 92 fire control system Sonar: SQS-56 hull-mounted sonar^[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	SLQ-32(V)2 Mark 36 SRBOC AN/SLQ-25 Nixie^[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 × Mk 13 Launcher for RIM-66 Standard MR missiles 2 × triple Mark 32 torpedo tubes with Mark 46 anti-submarine torpedoes 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun 2 × Bofors 40 mm/L70 guns 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS point defense cannon 2 × Type 75 20 mm/68 caliber guns 4 × Hsiung Feng II SSM 4 × Hsiung Feng III SSM or 8 × Hsiung Feng II SSM^[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 × S-70C(M)-1/2 helicopters^[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]