Espora-class corvette vs Type 054A frigate

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AWarships

Espora-class corvette

Corvette

Credit

Carlos Mey - Webmaster histarmar@fibertel.com.ar · 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

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Espora-class corvetteLength

91.2 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Espora-class corvettelarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+47%
Beam+45%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

91.2m

134m

Length+47%

All recorded figures & sources

91.2 m

Length

Single source

91.2 m (299 ft 3 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Espora-class corvette and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Espora-class corvette	Type 054A frigate
Builders	AFNE "Río Santiago"^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Argentine Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]
Subclasses	Espora^[source]	Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)^[source]
In commission	1985–present^[source]

Completed	6^[source]	—

Type	Corvette^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Propulsion	2 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PC 2–5 V400 diesels , 2 × 5-blade props^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Thales DA-05/2 air/surface search Thales WM-28, LIROD fire control Decca TM 1226 navigation (Consilium Selesmar NavBat on P45/6 Atlas AQS-1 hull MF 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	Decca RDC-2ABC Decca RCM-2 jammer 2 × Matra Dagaie 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	4 × MM38 Exocet anti-ship missiles (removed from Parker ) 1 × 76 mm/62 OTO Melara dual purpose gun 2 × DARDO twin 40 mm AA guns 2 × .50 cal machine guns 2 × triple 324 mm ILAS-3 tubes (WASS A-244S torpedoes )^[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	1 × Eurocopter Fennec (P44-P46)^[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]