German frigate Schleswig-Holstein vs Type 054A frigate

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German frigate Schleswig-Holstein — licensed reference photograph

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German frigate Schleswig-Holstein

Credit

Torsten Bätge · 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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Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

German frigate Schleswig-HolsteinLength

138.85 m

Length source ↗

Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

German frigate Schleswig-Holsteinlarger figure on 2 of 3

Length+4%
Beam+4%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 1 of 3

Draught+15%

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 36 rows sourced on both sides

139m

134m

Length+4%

All recorded figures & sources

138.85 m

Length

Single source

138.85 metres (455.5 ft)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

German frigate Schleswig-Holstein and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	German frigate Schleswig-Holstein	Type 054A frigate
Power	CODOG (combined diesel or gas) two propeller shafts , controllable pitch propellers two MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel-engines , 8.14 MW each two General Electric LM2500 gas turbines , 38 MW total two Renk BGS 178 Lo gearboxes^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Schleswig-Holstein^[source]	—
Namesake	Schleswig-Holstein^[source]	—
Builder	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft , Kiel^[source]	—
Laid down	1 July 1993

Launched	8 June 1994^[source]	—

Commissioned	24 November 1995^[source]	—

Identification	Pennant number : F216 MMSI number : 211210170 Call sign : DRAI^[source]	—

Status	Active^[source]	—

Class & type	Brandenburg -class frigate^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	One Thales LW08 air search D band radar one Thales SMART-S air/surface surveillance F band radar two Thales STIR 180 fire-control radar two Raytheon Redpath I band navigation radar one STN Atlas DSQS-23BZ hull-mounted sonar one STN Atlas TASS 6-3 (LFTASS) towed array sonar ( Bayern only)^[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 EADS FL 1800S ECM suite two OTO-Melara SCLAR launcher four TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) decoy launcher (currently under procurement)^[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	Naval guns: One OTO-Melara 76 mm /62Mk-75 multi-purpose naval gun Two Mauser BK-27 27 mm rapid-fire cannons Antiaircraft warfare : One Mk 41 Mod 3 vertical launch system for 16 Sea Sparrow antiaircraft missiles ( ESSM planned) CIWS: Two x Mk 49 launcher for 21 x Rolling Airframe Missiles Anti-ship missiles : Four x MM38 Exocet anti-ship missiles (To be replaced by 8 Harpoon missiles ) Antisubmarine warfare : Four 324 mm torpedo tubes , Mk 46 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	Two Sea Lynx helicopters equipped with ASW torpedoes , or air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua , and a heavy machine gun.^[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]

Country of origin	Germany^[source]German frigate Schleswig-Holstein · 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]

Country of origin

Germany^[source]German frigate Schleswig-Holstein · 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]