Istanbul-class frigate vs Type 054A frigate

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Istanbul-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

Istanbul-class frigate

Multirole frigate

Credit

Karaahmet · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 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

Istanbul-class frigateLength

113.2 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Istanbul-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 3

Speed+8%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 2 of 3

Length+18%
Beam+11%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

20 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

113m

134m

Length+18%

All recorded figures & sources

113.2 m

Length

Single source

113.2 m (371 ft 5 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Istanbul-class frigate and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Istanbul-class frigate	Type 054A frigate
Power	4 x 560kw Generator^[source] Combined diesel and gas (CODAG) arrangement: 1 x GE LM2500 Gas turbine 2 x 5.766HP MTU Diesel Machine 2 x Controllable Pitch Propeller (CPP)^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Istanbul class^[source]	—
Builders	Istanbul Naval Shipyard Anadolu Shipyard Sedef Shipyard Sefine Shipyard^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Turkish Naval Forces Indonesian Navy (future)

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

Cost	$500 million per unit^[source]	US$348 million (est. 2015)^[source]

Built	2017–present^[source]	2005–present^[source]

In commission	2024–present^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Planned	Total 10: Turkey: 8 Indonesia: 2^[source]	50^[source]

Building	5^[source]	—

Completed	3^[source]	—

Active	1^[source]	46^[source]

Type	Multirole frigate^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Boats & landing craft carried	2 x Rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB)^[source]	—

Electronic warfare & decoys	ESM : ASELSAN ARES 2N/NGE ECM : Aslesan AREAS 2NC/E ARES-NEWS Central management system Decoy : Aselsan HIZIR Torpedo countermeasures system Aselsan KARTACA-N Decoy ejection 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	Guns: 1 × MKE 76 mm/62-caliber gun or OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid (only on TCG Istanbul) main gun 1 × Aselsan GOKDENIZ 35 mm dual barreled CIWS 2 × Aselsan SMASH 200/25 25 mm RCWS Anti-ship missiles: 4 × 4 (total 16) Atmaca anti-ship missiles Vertical launching system: 16-cell MiDLAS vertical launching system for Istanbul (further ships may contain more VLS): up to 16 SAPAN or SIPER Block 1 Surface-to-air missiles or up to 64 smaller Hisar-D surface to air missiles Torpedoes: ZIPKIN 100/D Torpedo tube system 2 × 324 mm (13 in) Double Torpedo launchers with Roketsan Orka or MK-46M5 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	Hangar and platform for: S-70B Seahawk ASW helicopter KALKAN VTOL Titra Alpin 2^[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	Turkey^[source]	People's Republic of China^[source] People's Republic of China^[source]

Succeeded by	—	Type 054B frigate^[source]

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

Sensors & processing systems	—	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]