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Kang Ding-class frigatelarger figure on 4 of 5
Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 5
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Measured figures
Length
Single source125 m (410 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Kang Ding-class frigate | Moudge-class frigate |
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| Power | 4 diesel SEMT Pielstick 12PA6V280 STC2, 21,000 hp (16,000 kW)[source] | 2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators[source] |
| Name | Kang Ding class[source] | Moudge[source] |
| Builders | DNCS[source] | Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization[source] |
| Operators | Republic of China Navy[source] |
95 m (311 ft 8 in)[source]
at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Single sourceat 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Single source4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[source]
| In commission | 1996–present[source] | — |
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| Completed |
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| Active | 0?[source] |
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| Type | General purpose frigate[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Endurance | 50 days of food[source] | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × ETN boats[source] | — |
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| Capacity | 350 tonnes of fuel, 80 m³ of kerosene, 60 tonnes of potable water[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Thales Tacticos combat data system (was upgraded with a Thales SENIT combat management system) 1 x DRBV-26D Jupiter-II two-dimensional air search radar 1 x Poseidon Triton G search radar (was upgraded with a Type 997 Artisan radar ) 1 x Najir photoelectric director (was upgraded with a SAFRAN PASEO NS Photoelectric tracking system) 2 x Thales Castor-2C I/J fire control radar Alose Sonar System Thomson Marconi TSM-2633 Spherion-10B active/passive bow sonar Thomson Marconi ATAS(V)3 towed active/passive array sonar suite (including VDS active variable depth sonar and Lamproie towed passive array sonar) was upgraded with a Thales CAPTAS-1 Towed Active/Passive Array Sonar[source] | Asr 3D PESA long-range radar[source] |
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| Armament | ；Before upgrading Anti-ship; 8 × Hsiung Feng II anti-ship missiles 1 x MIM-72 Chaparral 2 x Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes Guns; 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm 2 × Bofors 40 mm L70 guns CIWS; 1 × Phalanx CIWS ；After Combat system performance improvement Project Anti-ship; 8 × Hsiung Feng II anti-ship missile 8 x cell Hua Yang VLS (32 quad-packed TC-2N missile ) 2 x Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes Guns; 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm 2 × Bofors 40 mm L70 gun CIWS; 1 × Phalanx CIWS[source] | Naval guns 1 × 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun 1 × 40 mm Fath-40 AAA or 1 × 30mm Kamand CIWS 2 × 20 mm cannons Oerlikon 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns Surface to air missiles 4 × Mehrab SAM , a naval version of the Sayyad-2 or 4 × Sayyad-3 SAM Anti-ship missiles 4 × Noor or Qader anti-ship missiles (Some ships are equipped with 8 anti-ship missiles) Anti-submarine warfare 2 × triple 324 mm torpedoes[source] |
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| Armour | On sensitive areas (munition magazine and control centre)[source] | — |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × Sikorsky S-70C (M)[source] | 1 × Bell 214 ASW helicopter[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Hangar and helipad[source] | Helicopter landing pad[source] |
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| Country of origin | France[source] | — |
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| Preceded by | — | Alvand class[source] |
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| Built | — | 2001–present[source] |
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| In service | — | 2010–present[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Lost | — | 6 (1 unconfirmed)[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | 2 × 8 tube chaff launcher[source] |
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