Moudge-class frigate vs Type 22 frigate

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Moudge-class frigate

Frigate

Credit

Tasnim News Agency · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

Type 22 frigate — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Type 22 frigate

Credit

U.S. Navy/PH2 Thompson · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Moudge-class frigateLength

95 m

Length source ↗

Type 22 frigateBatch 3

148.1 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 1

None

Type 22 frigatelarger figure on 1 of 1

Beam+33%

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

95m

148mBatch 3

Length

All recorded figures & sources

95 m

Length

Single source

95 m (311 ft 8 in)^[source]

131.2 m

Batch 1

Single source

Configuration

Details

Moudge-class frigate and Type 22 frigate configuration
Specification	Moudge-class frigate	Type 22 frigate
Power	2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators^[source]	Batch 1 plus Boxer , Beaver , London , Sheffield & Coventry : 2-shaft COGOG 2 Rolls-Royce Marine Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines: 54,000 shp (40 MW) 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines: 9,700 shp (7.2 MW) Batch 2, Brave & Batch 3: 2-shaft COGAG ( Brave remained COGOG) 2 Rolls-Royce Marine Spey SM1A boost gas turbines: 37,400 shp (27.9 MW) 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM3C cruise gas turbines: 9,700 shp (7.2 MW)^[source]
Name	Moudge^[source]	—
Builders	Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization^[source]	Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Ltd , Cammell Laird , Swan Hunter^[source]
Operators	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy^[source]

Preceded by	Alvand class^[source]	Type 21^[source]

Built	2001–present^[source]	—

In service	2010–present^[source]	—

Planned	7^[source]	—

Building	1^[source]	—

Completed	6^[source]	14^[source]

Active	0?^[source]	4 (with Brazil, Romania and Chile)^[source]

Lost	6 (1 unconfirmed)^[source]	—

Type	Frigate^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Asr 3D PESA long-range radar^[source]	1 × Type 967/968 air-search radar 2 × Type 910 or 911 fire-control radars 1 × Type 1006 or 1007 navigation radar 1 × Type 2016 sonar (Batch 1 & 2) 1 × Type 2050 sonar (Batch 3) 1 × Type 2031Z towed array sonar (Batch 2 & 3) 1 × Type 162M bottom target classification sonar 1 × Type 2008 underwater comms system^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	2 × 8 tube chaff launcher^[source]	NATO Seagnat decoy launchers^[source]

Armament	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]	Batch 1 and 2 : 2 × Sextuple Sea Wolf anti-air missile launchers 4 × Exocet MM-38 anti-ship missile launchers 2 × triple STWS-2 tubes for Mk.46 or Stingray anti-submarine torpedoes 2 × 40mm Bofors guns 2 × 20 mm GAM-BO1 guns L7A2 GPMGs M134 Miniguns Batch 3 : 2 × Sextuple Sea Wolf anti-air missile launchers 2 × quad Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers 2 × triple STWS-2 tubes for Mk.46 or Stingray anti-submarine torpedoes 1 × 4.5-inch (113 mm) Mk.8 gun 1 × 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS 2 × 30mm DS30B guns or 2 × 20 mm GAM-BO1 guns L7A2 GPMGs M134 Miniguns^[source]

Aircraft carried	1 × Bell 214 ASW helicopter^[source]	1 or 2 × Westland Lynx helicopters , armed with: 2 × L7A2 GPMGs machine guns, and 4 × Sea Skua anti-ship missiles, or 2 × Sting Ray anti-submarine torpedoes Brave onwards capable of handling 1 × Sea King or Merlin helicopter.^[source]