Delhi-class destroyer vs Moudge-class frigate

Delhi-class destroyer — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

Delhi-class destroyer

Guided-missile destroyer

Credit

AdmiralHood ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BWarships

Moudge-class frigate

Frigate

Credit

Tasnim News Agency · 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

Delhi-class destroyerLength

163 m

Length source ↗

Moudge-class frigateLength

95 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Delhi-class destroyerlarger figure on 4 of 4

Length+72%
Beam+53%
Draught+100%
Speed+6%

Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 4

None

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

Measured figures

Head to head

20 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

163m

95m

Length+72%

All recorded figures & sources

163 m

Length

Single source

163 m (535 ft)^[source]

95 m

Length

Single source

95 m (311 ft 8 in)^[source]

17m

11.1m

Beam+53%

All recorded figures & sources

17 m

Beam

Single source

17 m (56 ft)^[source]

11.1 m

Beam

Single source

11.1 m (36 ft 5 in)^[source]

6.5m

3.25m

Draught+100%

All recorded figures & sources

6.5 m

Draught

Single source

6.5 m (21 ft)^[source]

3.25 m

Draught

Single source

3.25 m (10 ft 8 in)^[source]

6,200tfull

1,500t

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

6,200 tonnes

full

Single source

6,200 tonnes (full)^[source]

1,500 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

1,500 tonnes^[source]

350incl 40 officers

140

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

350 people

incl 40 officers

Single source

350 (incl 40 officers)^[source]

140 people

Complement

Single source

140^[source]

59km/hMaximum; Speed

56km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed+6%

All recorded figures & sources

59 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)^[source]

55.6 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

30 knots (55.6 km/h)^[source]

7,200kmat 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

—

Range

All recorded figures & sources

7,200 km

at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Single source

4,500 mi (7,200 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Delhi-class destroyer and Moudge-class frigate configuration
Specification	Delhi-class destroyer	Moudge-class frigate
Power	2 × Zorya-Mashproekt M36E propulsion plants with DT-59 gas turbines 82,820 hp (61,760 kW) 2 shafts with cp props^[source]	2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators^[source]
Name	Delhi class^[source]	Moudge^[source]
Builders	Mazagon Dock Limited^[source]	Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization^[source]
Operators	Indian Navy^[source]	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Rajput class^[source]	Alvand class^[source]
Succeeded by	Kolkata class^[source]	—
Built	1987–2001^[source]	2001–present^[source]
In commission	1997–present^[source]	—
Planned	3^[source]	7^[source]
Completed	3^[source]	6^[source]
Active	3^[source]	0?^[source]
Type	Guided-missile destroyer^[source]	Frigate^[source]
Sensors & processing systems	MR-755-MAE Fregat E-band air and surface search radar BEL RAWL (Signaal LW-08) D-band air search radar (INS Delhi, INS Mumbai) Indra ( TASL ) Lanza-N L-band air surveillance radar (INS Mysore, after refit) Fregat M2EM E-Band (After Mid Life Refit; to replace MR-755-MAE) 3 × MR-212/201 I-band navigation radars 6 × MR-90 Orekh G-band fire-control FCR (for Shtil-1 ) MR-184 I/J-band FCR (INS Mysore; for AK-100 ) BEL Lynx U2 FCR (INS Delhi, INS Mumbai; for OTO Melara 76 mm ) 2 × EL/M-2221 FCR (for Barak 1 ) 2 × MR-123-02 I/J-band FCR (for AK-630 ) Granit Garpun B FCR BEL HUMVAD hull-mounted sonar (INS Delhi, INS Mysore) BEL HUMSA hull-mounted sonar (INS Mumbai) Thales Advanced Towed Array Sonar (INS Mumbai)^[source]	Asr 3D PESA long-range radar^[source]
Electronic warfare & decoys	BEL Ajanta Mk 2 ESM BEL Ellora MK2 ESM(After Mid life Refit) Elettronica TQN-2 jammer 2 PK2 chaff launchers Kavach (anti-missile system) (After Mid life Refit) Towed decoys^[source]	2 × 8 tube chaff launcher^[source]
Armament	8 × BrahMos (slant launchers) anti-ship missiles 2 × Shtil-1 single-arm surface-to-air missile launchers (total 48 missiles) 32 × Barak 1 point-defence surface-to-air missiles (VLS launched) 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun (replaced AK-100 naval gun) 2 × AK-630 CIWS 2 × RBU-6000 rocket launchers Quintuple 533mm torpedo tubes 2 rails of depth charges^[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]
Aircraft carried	2 × Sea King Mk 42B helicopters^[source]	1 × Bell 214 ASW helicopter^[source]
Country of origin	India^[source]	—
In service	—	2010–present^[source]
Building	—	1^[source]
Lost	—	6 (1 unconfirmed)^[source]
Aviation facilities	—	Helicopter landing pad^[source]

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Delhi-class destroyer

Moudge-class frigate

Power

2 × Zorya-Mashproekt M36E propulsion plants with DT-59 gas turbines 82,820 hp (61,760 kW) 2 shafts with cp props^[source]

2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators^[source]

Name

Delhi class^[source]

Moudge^[source]

Builders

Mazagon Dock Limited^[source]

Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization^[source]

Operators

Indian Navy^[source]

Islamic Republic of Iran Navy^[source]

Preceded by

Rajput class^[source]

Alvand class^[source]

Succeeded by

Kolkata class^[source]

—

Built

1987–2001^[source]

2001–present^[source]

In commission

1997–present^[source]

—

Planned

Completed

Active

0?^[source]

Type

Guided-missile destroyer^[source]

Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems

MR-755-MAE Fregat E-band air and surface search radar BEL RAWL (Signaal LW-08) D-band air search radar (INS Delhi, INS Mumbai) Indra ( TASL ) Lanza-N L-band air surveillance radar (INS Mysore, after refit) Fregat M2EM E-Band (After Mid Life Refit; to replace MR-755-MAE) 3 × MR-212/201 I-band navigation radars 6 × MR-90 Orekh G-band fire-control FCR (for Shtil-1 ) MR-184 I/J-band FCR (INS Mysore; for AK-100 ) BEL Lynx U2 FCR (INS Delhi, INS Mumbai; for OTO Melara 76 mm ) 2 × EL/M-2221 FCR (for Barak 1 ) 2 × MR-123-02 I/J-band FCR (for AK-630 ) Granit Garpun B FCR BEL HUMVAD hull-mounted sonar (INS Delhi, INS Mysore) BEL HUMSA hull-mounted sonar (INS Mumbai) Thales Advanced Towed Array Sonar (INS Mumbai)^[source]

Asr 3D PESA long-range radar^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys

BEL Ajanta Mk 2 ESM BEL Ellora MK2 ESM(After Mid life Refit) Elettronica TQN-2 jammer 2 PK2 chaff launchers Kavach (anti-missile system) (After Mid life Refit) Towed decoys^[source]

2 × 8 tube chaff launcher^[source]

Armament

8 × BrahMos (slant launchers) anti-ship missiles 2 × Shtil-1 single-arm surface-to-air missile launchers (total 48 missiles) 32 × Barak 1 point-defence surface-to-air missiles (VLS launched) 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun (replaced AK-100 naval gun) 2 × AK-630 CIWS 2 × RBU-6000 rocket launchers Quintuple 533mm torpedo tubes 2 rails of depth charges^[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]

Aircraft carried

2 × Sea King Mk 42B helicopters^[source]

1 × Bell 214 ASW helicopter^[source]

Country of origin

India^[source]

—

In service

—

2010–present^[source]

Building

—

1^[source]

Lost

—

6 (1 unconfirmed)^[source]

Aviation facilities

—

Helicopter landing pad^[source]