Chinese destroyer Shenzhen vs Type 054A frigate

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Chinese destroyer Shenzhen — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

Chinese destroyer Shenzhen

Credit

Max Smith · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · 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

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Chinese destroyer ShenzhenLength

154 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Chinese destroyer Shenzhenlarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+15%
Draught+20%
Speed+8%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 0 of 3

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

Measured figures

Head to head

19 of 36 rows sourced on both sides

154m

134m

Length+15%

All recorded figures & sources

154 m

Length

Single source

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

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Chinese destroyer Shenzhen and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Chinese destroyer Shenzhen	Type 054A frigate
Power	Combined diesel or gas 2 × Ukrainian gas turbines (35.7 MW) 2 × MTU 1163 TB 83 diesel engines (6.5 MW)^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Builders	Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan 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]	Type 054B frigate^[source]

In commission	1999-present^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Completed	1^[source]	—

Active	1^[source]	46^[source]

Name	Shenzhen^[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]	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	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 × 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	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]	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 helicopters : ( Kamov Ka-28 or Harbin Z-9 C)^[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]