Delhi-class destroyer vs Type 054A frigate

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Delhi-class destroyer — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

Delhi-class destroyer

Guided-missile destroyer

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

Type 054A frigate — licensed reference photograph

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Type 054A frigate

Frigate

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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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Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Delhi-class destroyerLength

163 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Delhi-class destroyerlarger figure on 5 of 5

Length+22%
Beam+6%
Draught+30%
Displacement+56%
Speed+18%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 0 of 5

Measured figures

Head to head

21 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

163m

134m

Length+22%

All recorded figures & sources

163 m

Length

Single source

163 m (535 ft)^[source]

134 m

Length

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Configuration

Details

Delhi-class destroyer and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Delhi-class destroyer	Type 054A 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]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Delhi class^[source]	—
Builders	Mazagon Dock Limited^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Indian Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]

Preceded by	Rajput class^[source]	Type 054 frigate^[source]

Succeeded by	Kolkata class^[source]	Type 054B frigate^[source]

Built	1987–2001^[source]	2005–present^[source]

In commission	1997–present^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Planned	3^[source]	50^[source]

Completed	3^[source]	—

Active	3^[source]	46^[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]	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	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 × 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	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]	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 × Sea King Mk 42B 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]