MEKO 200 vs Type 054A frigate: Specs Compared

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MEKO 200 — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

MEKO 200

Frigate

Credit

Saberwyn · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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

MEKO 200Length

118 m

Length source ↗

Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

MEKO 200larger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+18%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+14%
Beam+8%
Draught+16%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

16 of 32 rows sourced on both sides

118m

134m

Length+14%

All recorded figures & sources

118 m

Length

Single source

118 m (387 ft)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

MEKO 200 and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	MEKO 200	Type 054A frigate
Power	—	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	MEKO 200 MEKO A-200 MEKO A class MEKO D Delta class^[source]	—
Builders	Blohm + Voss^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	See Operators Turkish Naval Forces Royal Australian Navy Hellenic Navy Portuguese Navy Royal New Zealand Navy South African Navy Algerian National Navy Egyptian Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]
In service

Planned	42^[source]	50^[source]

Building	1^[source]	—

Completed	34^[source]	—

Active	33^[source]	46^[source]

Retired	1^[source]	—

Type	Frigate^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Propulsion	1 × General Electric LM2500+ gas turbine and 2 × MTU 12V1163 TB83 diesel engines, driving two shafts with controllable pitch propellers in CODOG configuration.^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Sonars : Thomson Sintra Spherion B Mod 5; hull-mounted; active search and attack; medium frequency. Provision for towed array Air search radar : Raytheon AN/SPS-49(V)8 ANZ (C/D-band) Surface search radar : Saab 9LV 453 TIR (Ericsson Tx/Rx) (G-band) Navigation : Atlas Elektronik 9600 ARPA (I-band)^[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 : Racal modified Sceptre A (radar intercept), Telefunken PST-1720 Telegon 10 (comms intercept) Countermeasures : Decoys: G & D Aircraft SRBOC Mk-36 Mod 1 decoy launchers for SRBOC^[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 × 5 in/54 (127 mm) Mk-45 Mod 2 naval artillery gun 3 × Phalanx or Sea Zenith CIWS Missiles : Mk-41 Mod 5/Mod 8 VLS for ESSM and Sea Sparrow SAM 2 x 8 × Harpoon or 2 x 8 × RBS-15 SSM Torpedoes : 2 × triple 324 mm Mk-32 Mod 5 tubes Fire control : Saab 9LV 453 (J-band) Combat data systems : Saab 9LV 453 Mk-3 Link 11 Weapons control : Saab 9LV 453 optronic director with Raytheon CW Mk-73 Mod 1^[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 × S-70B Seahawk or 1 × SH-2G Super Seasprite^[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]