Göteborg-class corvette vs Type 054A frigate

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AWarships

Göteborg-class corvette

Corvette

Type 054A frigate — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

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

Göteborg-class corvetteLength

57 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Göteborg-class corvettelarger figure on 1 of 3

Speed+12%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 2 of 3

Length+135%
Beam+100%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

19 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

57m

134m

Length+135%

All recorded figures & sources

57 m

Length

Single source

57 m (187 ft 0 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Göteborg-class corvette and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Göteborg-class corvette	Type 054A frigate
Power	3 × MTU diesel engines at 2,560 kW (3,430 hp)/each Water jet propulsion system^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Göteborg class^[source]	—
Builders	Karlskronavarvet AB^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Swedish Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]

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

Succeeded by	Visby class^[source]	Type 054B frigate^[source]

Subclasses	Gävle class^[source]	Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)^[source]

In commission	13 April 1989^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Planned	6^[source]	50^[source]

Completed	4^[source]	—

Canceled	2^[source]	—

Active	2^[source]	46^[source]

Retired	2^[source]	—

Type	Corvette^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	Sea Giraffe radar PN621 navigation radar 2 × fire control radar sights (SAAB) CS-3701 Simrad SS 304 Spira HMS (hull-mounted sonar) STN Atlas Elektronik TAS ( towed array sonar ) Thales TSM 2643 Salmon VDS (variable depth sonar) (former) Kongsberg ST2400 VDS (variable depth sonar) (after upgrade)^[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	Rheinmetall TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System)^[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 × Bofors 57 mm Mk2 gun (Upgraded to Mk3) 1 × Bofors 40 mm/L70 gun (removed on Gävle class) 8 × RBS15 MkII anti-ship missile 4 × 400 mm tubes for Type 43/45 torpedoes 4 × ELMA anti-submarine mortars Mines & depth charges^[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]