Lekiu-class frigate vs Type 054A frigate

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Lekiu-class frigate

Type 054A frigate — licensed reference photograph

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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

Lekiu-class frigateLength

106 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Lekiu-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+4%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+26%
Beam+25%
Draught+62%

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 29 rows sourced on both sides

106m

134m

Length+26%

All recorded figures & sources

106 m

Length

Single source

106 m (348 ft)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Lekiu-class frigate and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Lekiu-class frigate	Type 054A frigate
Power	4 × MTU 20V 1163 TB93 diesel engines, 24.5MW, twin shafts with Kamewa controllable pitch propellers^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Lekiu class^[source]	—
Builders	Yarrow Shipbuilders , Glasgow , UK^[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	KD Rahmat KD Hang Tuah (as a frigate)^[source]	Type 054 frigate^[source]

Succeeded by	Maharaja Lela class^[source]	Type 054B frigate^[source]

Completed	2^[source]	—

Active	2^[source]	46^[source]

Class & type	F2000 frigate^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Combat system : BAE Systems Insyte Nautis F combat data system Search radar : Ericsson Sea Giraffe-150 surface search radar G and H bands, Thales Netherlands (Signaal) DA-08 air search operating at E and F bands Navigation radar : Thales Defence I-band navigation radar Fire control radar : 2 × Marconi 1802SW, Alenia Marconi Systems Nautis F combat data system, Radamec Series 2000 Optronic weapon director, BAE SYSTEMS 1802 fire control radar operating at I and J bands Thermal imager : BAE Type V 3001 Sonar : Thales Underwater Systems Spherion TSM 2633 LF 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	ESM : BAE Mentor-A ECM : Thales Defense Scimitar Decoy : 2 Super Barricade 12 barrelled launchers, Graseby Sea Siren torpedo decoy^[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 : 16 × VLS for Sea Wolf 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 × 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]