Kasturi-class corvette vs Type 054A frigate

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AWarships

Kasturi-class corvette

FS 1500 corvette

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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Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Kasturi-class corvetteLength

98 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Kasturi-class corvettelarger figure on 1 of 3

Speed+4%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 2 of 3

Length+37%
Beam+39%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

98m

134m

Length+37%

All recorded figures & sources

98 m

Length

Single source

98 m (322 ft)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Kasturi-class corvette and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Kasturi-class corvette	Type 054A frigate
Power	4 × MTU 20V 1163 TB92 diesels 23,460 bhp (17,490 kW) 2 shafts^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Kasturi class^[source]	—
Builders	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Royal Malaysian Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]

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

Completed	2^[source]	—

Active	2^[source]	46^[source]

Type	FS 1500 corvette^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	TACTICOS Combat Management System Thales Link Y Mk 2.5 DA-08 search radar WM-22 fire control radar DSQS-24C 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	DR3000S ESM suite Scimitar jammers SKWS decoys^[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 × Bofors 57 mm gun 2 × MSI DS30B 30 mm cannon Anti-air : MANPAD Anti-ship : 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 2 Anti-submarine : 2 × triple Eurotorp B515 with A244-S ASW 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 x Super Lynx 300^[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]