French frigate Surcouf vs Type 054A frigate

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French frigate Surcouf — licensed reference photograph

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French frigate Surcouf

Credit

Franck Dubey · 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

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

French frigate SurcoufLength

125 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

French frigate Surcouflarger figure on 0 of 4

None

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 4 of 4

Length+7%
Beam+4%
Draught+4%
Speed+9%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

12 of 39 rows sourced on both sides

125m

134m

Length+7%

All recorded figures & sources

125 m

Length

Single source

125 m (410 ft 1 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

French frigate Surcouf and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	French frigate Surcouf	Type 054A frigate
Complement	164+^[source]	—
Power	4 diesel SEMT Pielstick 12PA6V280 STC2, 21,000 hp (16,000 kW)^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Surcouf^[source]	—
Namesake	Robert Surcouf^[source]	—
Laid down	6 July 1992^[source]	—

Launched	3 July 1993^[source]	—

Commissioned	7 February 1997^[source]	—

Home port	Toulon^[source]	—

Identification	MMSI number : 228730000 Callsign : FASF^[source]	—

Honours and awards	Flies the FFL jack in honour of the submarine Surcouf^[source]	—

Status	In active service^[source]	—

Class & type	La Fayette -class frigate^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	1 × Air/Surface DRBV 15C sentry radar 1 × firing control radar for the 100 mm gun 1 × DRBN34 navigation radar 1 × DRBN34 landing radar 1 x BlueWatcher 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	1 × Saïgon ARBG 1 radio interceptor 1 × ARBR 21 radar interceptor 2 × Dagaie Mk2 chaff launcher 1 × AN/ SLQ-25 Nixie tugged noise maker 1 × Prairie-Masker noise reduction system 1 × Syracuse II 1 × Inmarsat^[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	Anti-ship; 8 × Exocet MM40 block II anti-ship missiles Guns; 1 × 100 mm TR automatic gun 2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns Anti-aircraft; 1 × Crotale CN2 launcher (8 missiles on the launcher with 16 reload) Manually-operated 2x2 SIMBAD/Mistral point defence SAM reported fit in 2023^[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]

Armour	On sensitive areas (munition magazine and control centre)^[source]	—

Aircraft carried	1 × helicopter ( Panther or NH90 )^[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]