Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate vs Type 054A frigate

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Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate

Multi-role frigate

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Type 054A frigate

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At a glance

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Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Fridtjof Nansen-class frigateLength

134 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Fridtjof Nansen-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 1

Beam+5%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 0 of 1

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Measured figures

Head to head

20 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

134m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

134 m

Length

Single source

134 m (439 ft 8 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

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Configuration

Details

Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate	Type 054A frigate
Complement	120, accommodations for 146^[source]	—
Power	Combined diesel and gas turbine (CODAG) Two BAZAN BRAVO 12V 4.5 MW diesel engines for cruising One GE LM2500 21.5 MW gas turbine for high speed running MAAG gearboxes Two shafts driving controllable pitch propellers Bow Thruster Retractable (Electric) 1 MW Brunvoll Diesel generators 4 × MTU 396 Serie 12V 1250 KVA^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Fridtjof Nansen class^[source]	—
Builders	Navantia , Ferrol, Spain^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]

Operators	Royal Norwegian Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]

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

Succeeded by	Type 26 frigate^[source]	Type 054B frigate^[source]

Cost	NOK 21 billion (2003) for 5 units (est.) NOK 4.2 billion (2003) per unit (est.) USD 489 million per unit (est.)^[source]	US$348 million (est. 2015)^[source]

In commission	2006-present^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Completed	5^[source]	—

Active	4^[source]	46^[source]

Lost	1 ( Helge Ingstad )^[source]	—

Retired	1 ( Helge Ingstad )^[source]	—

Type	Multi-role frigate^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1 F 3D multifunction radar Reutech RSR 210N air/sea surveillance radar Sagem Vigy 20 Electro Optical Director Kongsberg MSI 2005F ASW combat system MRS 2000 hull mounted sonar Captas MK II V1 active/passive towed array sonar 2 × Mark 82 AN/SPG-62 fire-control radar^[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	Condor CS-3701 ECM:/ESM: suite Terma DL-12T decoy launcher Loki torpedo countermeasure^[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	1 or 2 × 8-cell Mk 41 VLS (32 × RIM-162 ESSM ) 8 × Naval Strike Missile SSMs 4 × torpedo tubes for Sting Ray torpedoes Depth charges 1 × 76 mm OTO Melara Super Rapid gun 3 × 12.7 mm Browning M2HB machine gun in Sea Protector mounts 2 × 7.62mm MG 3 machine gun Capabilities for other weapons 2 × LRAD Long Range Acoustic Device^[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 × medium-sized ASW helicopter^[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]