Halifax-class frigate vs Type 054A frigate

Halifax-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

Halifax-class frigate

Guided-missile frigate

Credit

MarkjF31 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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

Halifax-class frigateLength

134.1 m

Length source ↗

Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Halifax-class frigatelarger figure on 3 of 4

Length
Beam+2%
Speed+12%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 1 of 4

Draught+2%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

21 of 29 rows sourced on both sides

134m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

134.1 m

Length

Single source

134.1 m (440 ft 0 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

134 m (440 ft)^[source]

16.4m

16m

Beam+2%

All recorded figures & sources

16.4 m

Beam

Single source

16.4 m (53 ft 10 in)^[source]

16 m

Beam

Single source

16 m (52 ft)^[source]

4.9m

Draught+2%

All recorded figures & sources

4.9 m

Draught

Single source

4.9 m (16 ft 1 in)^[source]

5 m

Draught

Single source

5 m (16 ft)^[source]

4,735t

3,963tfull

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

4,735 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

4,735 t (4,660 long tons )^[source]

3,963 tonnes

full

Single source

3,963 tonnes (full)^[source]

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180Unspecified

Crew

All recorded figures & sources

180 people

Unspecified

Single source

180人^[source]Unspecified

255

—

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

255 people

Complement

Single source

255^[source]

56km/hMaximum; Speed

50km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed+12%

All recorded figures & sources

56 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)^[source]

50 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

27 knots (50 km/h)^[source]

17,600km

7,000kmestimated at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Range

All recorded figures & sources

17,600 km

Range

Single source

9,500 nmi (17,600 km; 10,900 mi)^[source]

7,000 km

estimated at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Single source

3,800 nautical miles (4,400 mi; 7,000 km) estimated at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Halifax-class frigate and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Halifax-class frigate	Type 054A frigate
Power	CODOG 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, generating 47,500 shp (35,400 kW) 1 × SEMT Pielstick 20PA6V280 diesel engine, generating 8,800 shp (6,600 kW) 1 × Royal de Schelde cross-connect gearbox 2 × Escher Wyss controllable pitch propellers 4 × 830 kW Hitzinger generators driven by 4 × C32 ACERT Caterpillar engines^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Halifax class^[source]	—
Builders	Saint John Shipbuilding Ltd. , Saint John MIL Davie Shipbuilding , Lauzon^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Royal Canadian Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Annapolis class^[source]	Type 054 frigate^[source]
Succeeded by	River class^[source]	Type 054B frigate^[source]
Built	1987–1996^[source]	2005–present^[source]
In commission	1992–present^[source]	2008–present^[source]
Completed	12^[source]	—
Active	12^[source]	46^[source]
Type	Guided-missile frigate^[source]	Frigate^[source]
Sensors & processing systems	Combat management system: Lockheed Martin Canada CMS 330 with integrated Saab 9LV Mk 4 elements Air/Surface search and surveillance radars: Saab Sea Giraffe AMB 3D and Thales SMART-S Mk 2 3D Fire control radar : 2 × Saab CEROS-200 Integrated platform management system: L3 MAPPS IPMS Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) System: Telephonics Mk XII Electro-optical infrared search and track system: DRS Canada and Thales Nederland Sirius Tactical data link: SATCOM Link 11 , Link 16 , Link 22 Active/Passive sonar : GDMS-Canada AN/SQS-510 hull mounted sonar Towed array sonar : GDMS-Canada TLFAS (variable depth) Sonobuoy processing system: GDMS-Canada AN/UYS-503^[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	Countermeasure dispensing system: 3 × TKWA/MASS Electronic warfare suite: AN/SLQ-503 RAMSES (4 × RAMSES radomes ) Signals intelligence COMINT and SIGINT Suite: Southwest Research Institute AN/SRD-506 Electronic support measure: Elisra NS9003A-V2HC Inflatable decoy system: Surface Off-Board Passive Decoy (SOPD) Towed torpedo countermeasure: Argon ST AN/SLQ-25 Nixie^[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	2 × quad Mk 141 canisters for 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon block II missiles AShM/LAM 2 × 8-cell Mk 48 vertical launch system (VLS) firing 16 × RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow block II SAM/SSM 1 × Bofors 57 mm (2.2 in) Mk 3 gun 1 × Phalanx CIWS (Mk 15 Mod 21 (Block 1B)) 4 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2HQ Mini Typhoon remote weapon stations 2 × twin 324 mm (12.8 in) Mk 32 torpedo tubes for 24 × Honeywell Mk 46 Mod 5 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	1 × CH-148 Cyclone helicopter armed with: 2 × Mk 54 lightweight torpedoes 1 × C6 FLEX 7.62 mm (0.30 in) GPMG^[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]
Aviation facilities	Landing pad with recovery assist, secure and traverse system (RAST) Hangar^[source]	hangar^[source]
Notes	Government of Canada is acquiring up to six uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) to provide over the horizon situational awareness, intelligence, and targeting capabilities to the class.^[source]	—
Country of origin	Canada^[source]	People's Republic of China^[source] People's Republic of China^[source]
Subclasses	—	Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)^[source]
Cost	—	US$348 million (est. 2015)^[source]
Planned	—	50^[source]

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Halifax-class frigate

Type 054A frigate

Power

CODOG 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, generating 47,500 shp (35,400 kW) 1 × SEMT Pielstick 20PA6V280 diesel engine, generating 8,800 shp (6,600 kW) 1 × Royal de Schelde cross-connect gearbox 2 × Escher Wyss controllable pitch propellers 4 × 830 kW Hitzinger generators driven by 4 × C32 ACERT Caterpillar engines^[source]

CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]

Name

Halifax class^[source]

—

Builders

Saint John Shipbuilding Ltd. , Saint John MIL Davie Shipbuilding , Lauzon^[source]

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]

Operators

Royal Canadian Navy^[source]

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

Preceded by

Annapolis class^[source]

Type 054 frigate^[source]

Succeeded by

River class^[source]

Type 054B frigate^[source]

Built

1987–1996^[source]

2005–present^[source]

In commission

1992–present^[source]

2008–present^[source]

Completed

12^[source]

—

Active

12^[source]

46^[source]

Type

Guided-missile frigate^[source]

Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems

Combat management system: Lockheed Martin Canada CMS 330 with integrated Saab 9LV Mk 4 elements Air/Surface search and surveillance radars: Saab Sea Giraffe AMB 3D and Thales SMART-S Mk 2 3D Fire control radar : 2 × Saab CEROS-200 Integrated platform management system: L3 MAPPS IPMS Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) System: Telephonics Mk XII Electro-optical infrared search and track system: DRS Canada and Thales Nederland Sirius Tactical data link: SATCOM Link 11 , Link 16 , Link 22 Active/Passive sonar : GDMS-Canada AN/SQS-510 hull mounted sonar Towed array sonar : GDMS-Canada TLFAS (variable depth) Sonobuoy processing system: GDMS-Canada AN/UYS-503^[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

Countermeasure dispensing system: 3 × TKWA/MASS Electronic warfare suite: AN/SLQ-503 RAMSES (4 × RAMSES radomes ) Signals intelligence COMINT and SIGINT Suite: Southwest Research Institute AN/SRD-506 Electronic support measure: Elisra NS9003A-V2HC Inflatable decoy system: Surface Off-Board Passive Decoy (SOPD) Towed torpedo countermeasure: Argon ST AN/SLQ-25 Nixie^[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

2 × quad Mk 141 canisters for 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon block II missiles AShM/LAM 2 × 8-cell Mk 48 vertical launch system (VLS) firing 16 × RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow block II SAM/SSM 1 × Bofors 57 mm (2.2 in) Mk 3 gun 1 × Phalanx CIWS (Mk 15 Mod 21 (Block 1B)) 4 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2HQ Mini Typhoon remote weapon stations 2 × twin 324 mm (12.8 in) Mk 32 torpedo tubes for 24 × Honeywell Mk 46 Mod 5 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

1 × CH-148 Cyclone helicopter armed with: 2 × Mk 54 lightweight torpedoes 1 × C6 FLEX 7.62 mm (0.30 in) GPMG^[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]

Aviation facilities

Landing pad with recovery assist, secure and traverse system (RAST) Hangar^[source]

hangar^[source]

Notes

Government of Canada is acquiring up to six uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) to provide over the horizon situational awareness, intelligence, and targeting capabilities to the class.^[source]

—

Country of origin

Canada^[source]

People's Republic of China^[source]

Subclasses

—

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

Cost

—

US$348 million (est. 2015)^[source]

Planned

—

50^[source]