Chinese destroyer Shenzhen vs Moudge-class frigate

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Chinese destroyer Shenzhen — licensed reference photograph

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Chinese destroyer Shenzhen

Credit

Max Smith · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

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Moudge-class frigate

Frigate

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Tasnim News Agency · 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

Chinese destroyer ShenzhenLength

154 m

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Moudge-class frigateLength

95 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Chinese destroyer Shenzhenlarger figure on 4 of 5

Length+62%
Beam+44%
Draught+85%
Displacement+306%

Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 5

Measured figures

Head to head

18 of 36 rows sourced on both sides

154m

95m

Length+62%

All recorded figures & sources

154 m

Length

Single source

154 m (505 ft 3 in)^[source]

95 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Chinese destroyer Shenzhen and Moudge-class frigate configuration
Specification	Chinese destroyer Shenzhen	Moudge-class frigate
Power	Combined diesel or gas 2 × Ukrainian gas turbines (35.7 MW) 2 × MTU 1163 TB 83 diesel engines (6.5 MW)^[source]	2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators^[source]
Builders	Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company^[source]	Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Type 051 (based on hull family) Type 052 (based on commissioning date)

Succeeded by	Type 051C (based on hull family) Type 956E / 956EM (based on commissioning date)^[source]	—

In commission	1999-present^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	6^[source]

Active	1^[source]	0?^[source]

Name	Shenzhen^[source]	Moudge^[source]

Namesake	Shenzhen^[source]	—

Laid down	July 1996^[source]	—

Launched	16 October 1997^[source]	—

Commissioned	December 1998^[source]	—

Home port	Zhanjiang^[source]	—

Identification	Pennant number : 167^[source]	—

Status	Active^[source]	—

Class & type	Type 051B destroyer^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Already installed before modernization Chinese made "Top Plate" style radar (moved from the aft to the forward mast during modernization) Combat management system: ZKJ-7 Air search radar: Type 381A Air/surface search radar: Type 360 Fire control radar : Type 344, Type 345, Type 347G, Type 360 Navigation radar: Racal/Decca 1290 Active sonar : DUBV-23 hull-mounted Optronic directors: GDG 776 Satellite communications Installed during modernization Towed array sonar^[source]	Asr 3D PESA long-range radar^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	Already installed before modernization Type 826 electronic support measure Type 984 jammer Type 985 jammer 2 x Type 946 chaff launchers 2 x Type 947 chaff launchers Installed during modernization Torpedo decoy^[source]	2 × 8 tube chaff launcher^[source]

Armament	Post-2016 modernization: 2 x 100 mm H/PJ-33B naval guns (1 twin mount) 16 x YJ-12 anti-ship missiles 32-cell vertical launching system HHQ-16 surface-to-air missiles 2 x Type 1130 CIWS 6 x 324 mm. torpedo tubes (2 triple mounts) Weapens replaced during modernization: 16 x YJ-83 anti-ship missiles HQ-7 surface-to-air missiles (octuple launcher) 8 × 37mm AA guns (4 twin mounts)^[source]	Naval guns 1 × 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun 1 × 40 mm Fath-40 AAA or 1 × 30mm Kamand CIWS 2 × 20 mm cannons Oerlikon 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns Surface to air missiles 4 × Mehrab SAM , a naval version of the Sayyad-2 or 4 × Sayyad-3 SAM Anti-ship missiles 4 × Noor or Qader anti-ship missiles (Some ships are equipped with 8 anti-ship missiles) Anti-submarine warfare 2 × triple 324 mm torpedoes^[source]