Donghae-class corvette vs Type 054A frigate

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AWarships

Donghae-class corvette

Corvette

Type 054A frigate — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

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

Donghae-class corvetteLength

78.5 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Donghae-class corvettelarger figure on 0 of 3

None

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+71%
Beam+60%
Displacement+268%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 29 rows sourced on both sides

78.5m

134m

Length+71%

All recorded figures & sources

78.5 m

Length

Single source

78.5 m (257 ft 7 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Donghae-class corvette and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Donghae-class corvette	Type 054A frigate
Power	—	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Donghae class^[source]	—
Operators	Republic of Korea Navy Colombian National Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]
Succeeded by	Pohang class^[source]	Type 054B frigate^[source]
In commission	10 November 1983 - present

Completed	4^[source]	—

Active	1 Colombian National Navy^[source]	46^[source]

Retired	3^[source]	—

Type	Corvette^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Propulsion	CODOG 1 x GE LM2500 gas turbine engine 2 x MTU 12V 956 TB82 diesel engine^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Fire control system: Signaal SEWACO ZK Surface search radar: Raytheon 1645 Fire control radar: Signaal WM28 Optronic director: Signaal LIOD Sonar: EDO 786^[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	Mk 36 SRBOC GoldStar ULQ-12K ESM^[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	Primary gun: 1 x OTO Melara 76 mm/62 cannon Secondary gun: 2 x Emerson EMERLEC 30 twin Oerlikon 30 mm/75 KCB cannon 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm L/60 cannon (before 1990) 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm L/60K cannon (after 1990) Anti-submarine: 2 x triple Mark 32 SVTT loaded with Mark 46 ASW torpedo, or K745 Blue Shark ASW torpedo (after 2006) 12 x Mk 9 or KMk 9 depth charge^[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]