Grisha-class corvette vs Type 054A frigate

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AWarships

Grisha-class corvette

Anti-submarine corvette

Credit

User Victor12 on en.wikipedia · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

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

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Grisha-class corvetteLength

71.6 m

Length source ↗

Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Grisha-class corvettelarger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+26%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+87%
Beam+63%
Draught+35%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

71.6m

134m

Length+87%

All recorded figures & sources

71.6 m

Length

Single source

71.6 m (235 ft)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Grisha-class corvette and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Grisha-class corvette	Type 054A frigate
Power	3 shaft, 2 M-507A cruise diesels, 20,000 shp, (2 shafts) 1 boost gas turbine, 18,000 shp, (1 shaft) Electric Plant: 1 × 500 kW, 1 × 300 kW, and 1 × 200 kW diesel sets^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Grisha class^[source]	—
Builders	Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant (340), Zelenodolsk; Leninska Kuznya (302), Kiev; Kirov Shipyard (876), Khabarovsk; Eastern Shipyard (602), Vladivostok^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Soviet Navy (former) Soviet Border Troops (former) Russian Navy Russian Coast Guard Ukrainian Navy (former) Border Police of Georgia (former) Lithuanian Naval Force (former)^[source]

Succeeded by	Gepard class Steregushchiy class^[source]	Type 054B frigate^[source]

Planned	92^[source]	50^[source]

Completed	86^[source]	—

Cancelled	6^[source]	—

Active	16 in Russian Navy as of 2025 (6 Pacific, 6 Northern, 4 Black Sea)^[source]	46^[source]

Retired	69^[source]	—

Type	Anti-submarine corvette^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	1 Don-2 navigation radar 1 Strut Curve air/surface search radar 1 Pop Group SA-N-4 fire control radar 1 Muff Cob MR-103 fire control radar Bull Nose low-frequency hull-mounted sonar Elk Tail medium-frequency through-hull dipping 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	Bizan-4B suite with Watch Dog intercept^[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 twin SA-N-4 Gecko surface-to-air missile launcher (20 missiles) 1 twin 57mm 70-caliber AK-725 ( ru ) dual purpose guns 2 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers (96 rockets) 2 twin 533 mm torpedo tubes 2 depth charge racks (12 depth charges) Up to 18 mines in place of 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]