Cheonji-class fast combat support ship vs Type 054A frigate

AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph — Representative exterior of Cheonji-class fast combat support ship

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Cheonji-class fast combat support ship

Fast combat support ship

AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph

Credit

ForceTally · AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph · AI-generated · OpenAI output terms · 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

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Cheonji-class fast combat support shipLength

133.7 m

Length source ↗

Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Cheonji-class fast combat support shiplarger figure on 1 of 3

Beam+11%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 2 of 3

Length
Speed+35%

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 29 rows sourced on both sides

134m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

133.7 m

Length

Single source

133.7 m (438 ft 8 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

134 m (440 ft)^[source]

17.8m

16m

Beam+11%

All recorded figures & sources

17.8 m

Beam

Single source

17.8 m (58 ft 5 in)^[source]

16 m

Beam

Single source

16 m (52 ft)^[source]

6.8mDraft

Draught

All recorded figures & sources

6.8 m

Draft

Single source

6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)^[source]

5 m

Draught

Single source

5 m (16 ft)^[source]

9,113tfull load

3,963tfull

DisplacementScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

4,200 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

9,113 tonnes

full load

Single source

4,200 tonnes (4,134 long tons) 9,113 tonnes (8,969 long tons) (full load)^[source]

3,963 tonnes

full

Single source

3,963 tonnes (full)^[source]

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180Unspecified

Crew

All recorded figures & sources

180 people

Unspecified

Single source

180人^[source]Unspecified

37km/hMaximum; Speed

50km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed+35%

All recorded figures & sources

37 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)^[source]

50 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

27 knots (50 km/h)^[source]

8,300km

7,000kmestimated at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Range

All recorded figures & sources

8,300 km

Range

Single source

4,500 nmi (8,300 km)^[source]

7,000 km

estimated at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Single source

3,800 nautical miles (4,400 mi; 7,000 km) estimated at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)^[source]

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Configuration

Details

Cheonji-class fast combat support ship and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Cheonji-class fast combat support ship	Type 054A frigate
Power	—	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Builders	Hyundai Heavy Industries^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Republic of Korea Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Soyang class (1982)^[source]	Type 054 frigate^[source]
Succeeded by	Soyang class (2016)^[source]	Type 054B frigate^[source]
Built	1990–1998^[source]	2005–present^[source]
In commission	1991–present^[source]	2008–present^[source]
Completed	3^[source]	—
Active	3^[source]	46^[source]
Type	Fast combat support ship^[source]	Frigate^[source]
Propulsion	2 × Voith Schneider Propeller^[source]	—
Sensors & processing systems	2 × Anti-ship radar^[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]
Armament	1 × 20 mm cannon 1 × 40 mm cannon DAGAIE^[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]
Source measurement	Cheonji -class ships are about 133 metres (436 ft 4 in) long, 18 metres (59 ft 1 in) wide. It was the largest of the Korean Navy before the construction of Dokdo class . They can load about 4,800 tons of cargo, excluding the ship's supply.^[source]Cheonji-class fast combat support ship · Design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage They are armed with one 20 millimetres (0.79 in) gun, one 40 millimetres (1.6 in) gun, and Device Automatic Gurre Anti-missile Infrared Electromagnetic device, providing self-defence against enemy ships.^[source]Cheonji-class fast combat support ship · Design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage	—
Country of origin	South Korea^[source] South Korea^[source]	People's Republic of China^[source] People's Republic of China^[source]
Subclasses	—	Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)^[source]
Cost	—	US$348 million (est. 2015)^[source]
Planned	—	50^[source]
Electronic warfare & decoys	—	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]
Aircraft carried	—	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]
Aviation facilities	—	hangar^[source]

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Cheonji-class fast combat support ship

Type 054A frigate

Power

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CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]

Builders

Hyundai Heavy Industries^[source]

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]

Operators

Republic of Korea Navy^[source]

People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]

Preceded by

Soyang class (1982)^[source]

Type 054 frigate^[source]

Succeeded by

Soyang class (2016)^[source]

Type 054B frigate^[source]

Built

1990–1998^[source]

2005–present^[source]

In commission

1991–present^[source]

2008–present^[source]

Completed

3^[source]

—

Active

3^[source]

46^[source]

Type

Fast combat support ship^[source]

Frigate^[source]

Propulsion

2 × Voith Schneider Propeller^[source]

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Sensors & processing systems

2 × Anti-ship radar^[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]

Armament

1 × 20 mm cannon 1 × 40 mm cannon DAGAIE^[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]

Source measurement

Cheonji -class ships are about 133 metres (436 ft 4 in) long, 18 metres (59 ft 1 in) wide. It was the largest of the Korean Navy before the construction of Dokdo class . They can load about 4,800 tons of cargo, excluding the ship's supply.^[source]Cheonji-class fast combat support ship · Design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

They are armed with one 20 millimetres (0.79 in) gun, one 40 millimetres (1.6 in) gun, and Device Automatic Gurre Anti-missile Infrared Electromagnetic device, providing self-defence against enemy ships.^[source]Cheonji-class fast combat support ship · Design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

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Country of origin

South Korea^[source]

People's Republic of China^[source]

Subclasses

—

Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)^[source]

Cost

—

US$348 million (est. 2015)^[source]

Planned

—

50^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys

—

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]

Aircraft carried

—

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]

Aviation facilities

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hangar^[source]