Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate vs Type 054A frigate

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Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate

Air defence frigate

Credit

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Joshua L. Leonard · 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

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At a glance

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Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Iver Huitfeldt-class frigateLength

138.7 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Iver Huitfeldt-class frigatelarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+4%
Beam+23%
Speed+4%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 0 of 3

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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 27 rows sourced on both sides

139m

134m

Length+4%

All recorded figures & sources

138.7 m

Length

Single source

138.7 m (455 ft 1 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate	Type 054A frigate
Power	Four MTU 8000 20V M70 diesel engines , 8.2 MW each Two shafts, CODAD^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Builders	Odense Staalskibsværft Baltija Shipbuilding Yard Loksa Shipyard^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Royal Danish Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Niels Juel -class corvette

Cost	US$325 million per ship^[source]	US$348 million (est. 2015)^[source]

Built	2008–2011^[source]	2005–present^[source]

In commission	2012–present^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Planned	3^[source]	50^[source]

Completed	3^[source]	—

Type	Air defence frigate^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	Radars : Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar ( I band ) 2 × Saab CEROS 200 fire control radars Terma SCANTER 6000 surveillance and helicopter guidance radar Sonars : Atlas ASO 94 hull mounted 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	EW systems : 8 × 6-barrelled Terma Mk 137 130 mm decoy launchers ES-3701 Tactical Radar Electronic Support Measures ( ESM ) Seagnat Mark 36 SRBOC MASS after upgrade^[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	Permanently mounted weapons: 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm 1 × Oerlikon Millennium 35 mm Naval Revolver Gun System CIWS 2 × dual MU90 Impact ASW torpedo launchers 32-cell Mark 41 Vertical Launching System for up to 32 SM-2 IIIA surface-to-air missiles 6 StanFlex modules, with the following options each: 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm , usually mounted in bow slot 1 × Mk.56 VLS fitting 12 RIM-162 ESSM (usually mounts 2) 8 × Harpoon Block II SSM in inclined launchers (usually mounts 2)^[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 × MH-60R^[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]