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German corvette Erfurtlarger figure on 0 of 3
Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 3 of 3
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Length
Single source89.12 m (292 ft 5 in)[source]
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| Specification | German corvette Erfurt | Type 054A frigate |
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| Power | 2 MTU 20V 1163 TB 93 diesel engines producing 14.8MW, driving two controllable-pitch propellers.[source] | CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts[source] |
| Name | Erfurt[source] | — |
| Namesake | Erfurt[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Ordered | December 2001[source] |
134 m (440 ft)[source]
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Single source180人[source]Unspecified
1 commander , 10 officers , 16 chief petty officers , 38 enlisted
Single source65 : 1 commander , 10 officers , 16 chief petty officers , 38 enlisted[source]
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| Builder | Nordseewerke , Hamburg[source] | — |
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| Cost | €240 million[source] | US$348 million (est. 2015)[source] |
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| Laid down | 22 September 2005[source] | — |
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| Launched | 29 March 2007[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 28 February 2013[source] | — |
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| Home port | Wilhelmshaven , Germany[source] | — |
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| Identification | MMSI number : 211912000 Callsign : DRBC Pennant number : F262[source] | — |
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| Status | Active[source] | — |
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| Type | Braunschweig-class corvette[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Endurance | 7 days; 21 days with tender[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Cassidian TRS-3D multifunction Passive electronically scanned array C-Band radar 2 navigation radars MSSR 2000 i IFF system MIRADOR electro-optical sensors UL 5000 K ESM suite Link 11 and Link 16 communications[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] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 2 × TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) decoy launcher UL 5000 K ECM suite[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] |
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| Armament | Guns; 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm gun 2 × Mauser BK-27 autocannons Anti-ship; 4 × RBS-15 Mk.3 anti-ship missiles Close-In Weapon System : 2 × RAM Block II launchers, 21 missiles each Mine laying capability; 2 mine racks of 34 naval mines Mk 12[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] |
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| Aircraft carried | Helicopter pad and hangar for two Saab Skeldar[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] |
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| Country of origin | Germany[source]German corvette Erfurt · literal inventory Origin field assigned to the exact named-ship row covered by the explicit shared Origin cell; no operator, manufacturer location or parent/sibling specification inference | People's Republic of China[source] People's Republic of China[source] |
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| Used by | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Builders | — | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard[source] |
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| Operators | — | People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Type 054 frigate[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Type 054B frigate[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)[source] |
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| Built | — | 2005–present[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2008–present[source] |
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| Planned | — | 50[source] |
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| Active | — | 46[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | hangar[source] |
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