Lupo-class frigate vs Type 054A frigate

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AWarships

Lupo-class frigate

Guided-missile frigate

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

Lupo-class frigateLOA

113.2 m

Length source ↗

Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Lupo-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 1

None

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 1 of 1

Beam+42%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

21 of 31 rows sourced on both sides

113mLOA

134m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

113.2 m

LOA

Single source

113.2 m (371 ft) LOA^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Lupo-class frigate and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Lupo-class frigate	Type 054A frigate
Power	- CODOG scheme - 2 x shaft - 2 x GE / Fiat LM2500 gas turbines 50,000 shp (37,000 kW) - 2 x diesel engines Grandi Motori Trieste GMT A230-20 diesel engines 7,800 shp (5.8 MW) - 4 x diesel engine generators Grandi Motori Trieste GMT 236SS, 3,000 kW (4,000 shp)^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Lupo class^[source]	—
Builders	Cantieri Navali Riuniti (CNR) Fincantieri SIMA^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Italian Navy (former) Peruvian Navy Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela^[source]

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

Succeeded by	Maestrale class^[source]	Type 054B frigate^[source]

Subclasses	Carvajal class Mariscal Sucre class Artigliere (Soldati) class^[source]	Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)^[source]

In commission	1977^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Planned	18^[source]	50^[source]

Completed	18^[source]	—

Active	10^[source]	46^[source]

Laid up	5^[source]	—

Retired	8^[source]	—

Scrapped	3^[source]	—

Type	Guided-missile frigate^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	- Selenia SADOC 2 combat management system - 1 x Selenia SPS-774 (RAN-10S) early warning radar - 1 x Selenia SPQ-2F CORA OTH surface search radar - 1 x Selenia SPS-702 (or RAN-11L/X) air/surface search radar - 1 x Selenia SPG-70 (RTN-10X) fire control radar - 1 x Raytheon Mk 95 fire control radar - 2 x Selenia SPG-74 (RTN-20X) fire control radar - 1 x GEM Elettronica AN/SPN-748 navigation radar - Raytheon DE 1160B (SQS-56) hull 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	- SLR-4 ESM system - SLQ-D ECM system - AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy - 2 x Breda SCLAR decoy launchers^[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	- 8 x Otomat Mk 2 SSMs - 1 x Mk.29 octuple launcher for Sea Sparrow / Aspide SAM - 2 x Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes - 1 x OTO Melara 127/54 mm gun - 2 x OTO Melara Twin 40L70 DARDO compact gun^[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 AB-212ASW helicopter^[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]