Horizon-class frigate vs Type 054A frigate

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Horizon-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

Horizon-class frigate

Destroyer

Credit

Petty Officer 2nd Class Sawyer Connally · 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

Horizon-class frigateLOA

152.87 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Horizon-class frigatelarger figure on 2 of 2

Beam+27%
Draught+136%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 0 of 2

None

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

Measured figures

Head to head

23 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

153mLOA

134m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

152.87 m

LOA

Single source

141.7 m

LPP

Single source

Configuration

Details

Horizon-class frigate and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Horizon-class frigate	Type 054A frigate
Complement	Italy: 255 in 1, 2 or 4 berth cabins^[source]	—
Power	CODOG scheme 2 × GE / Avio General Electric LM2500 Plus TAG , 20.500 kW (27.491 hp) each 2 × diesel engines SEMT Pielstick 12PA6 STC 4.320 kW (5.793 hp) each 4 × diesel engine generators Isotta Fraschini V1716T2ME, 1.600 kW (2.146 hp) each 2 × shaft 1 × bow thruster^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Horizon class^[source]	—
Builders	Horizon Sas ( DCNS , Thales , Fincantieri , Finmeccanica – Leonardo-Finmeccanica since 2016), Leonardo since 2017^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]

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

Preceded by	Suffren class (France) Durand de la Penne class (Italy)^[source]	Type 054 frigate^[source]

Cost	France: € 1.08 billion per unit (FY 2013) Italy: € 1.5 billion per unit (FY 2016)^[source]	US$348 million (est. 2015)^[source]

Built	2002–2009^[source]	2005–present^[source]

In service	2008–present^[source]	—

In commission	2007–present^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Planned	8^[source]	50^[source]

Completed	4^[source]	—

Cancelled	4^[source]	—

Active	4^[source]	46^[source]

Type	Destroyer^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	Selex ES EMPAR Phased array G band multi-purpose radar BAE/ Thales Group S1850M long range radar Thales Group UMS 4110 CL sonar (Only Italian units:) surface search radar in E / F band Selex RAN 30X/I (RASS) Selex ES IFF SIR R/S GEM Elettronica navigation radar AN/SPN753(V)4 2 × Selex ES RTN-30X fire direction radar Sagem IRST Vampir MB (IRAS)^[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	Elettronica Spa 4100 Nettuno SIGEN EW 2 × OTO Melara ODLS-H decoy launching system 2 × SLAT anti torpedo 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	Anti-air missiles: PAAMS air-defence system. A 48-cell A50 Sylver Vertical Launching System for a mix of up-to 48×: Aster 15 missiles (range 1.7–30 km) Aster 30 missiles (range 3–120 km) Anti-ship missiles: 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 3 (France) 8 × TESEO Mk-2/A (Italy) Guns & CIWS: 2 × OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid guns (France) 3 × OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid guns with Davide/Strales system (Italy) (as of 2025) 2 × 2 Sadral Mistral Simbad-RC CIWS to be fit to both French vessels in due course 2 × OTO Melara 25/80 gun with Oerlikon KBA 25mm (Italy) or , 3 × 20 mm Narwhal remotely-operated guns (France) Italy: 2 × LRAD Sitep MS-424 Anti-submarine warfare: 2 × WASS B515/1 single torpedo tubes for MU90 Impact (with 24 torpedoes stored)^[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 × AW101 or SH90A^[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]