Nanuchka-class corvette vs Type 054A frigate

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AWarships

Nanuchka-class corvette

Guided missile corvette

Credit

US military · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

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

Nanuchka-class corvetteLength

59.3 m

Length source ↗

Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Nanuchka-class corvettelarger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+18%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+126%
Beam+27%
Draught+85%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 31 rows sourced on both sides

59.3m

134m

Length+126%

All recorded figures & sources

59.3 m

Length

Single source

59.3 m (194.6 ft)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Nanuchka-class corvette and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Nanuchka-class corvette	Type 054A frigate
Power	3 shaft Diesels, 30,000 hp (22,371 kW)^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Operators	Soviet Navy (former) Russian Navy Algerian National Navy Indian Navy (former) Libyan Navy (former)^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]
Succeeded by	Buyan class^[source]	Type 054B frigate^[source]
Subclasses	Durg-class corvette^[source]

Completed	47^[source]	—

Canceled	1^[source]	—

Active	8-10^[source]	46^[source]

Lost	5^[source]	—

Retired	30+^[source]	—

Type	Guided missile corvette^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	Radar: Band Stand fire control Bass Tilt Peel Pair surface search Pop group^[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]

Armament	6 × P-120 (SS-N-9 'Siren') (2×3) or 4 × P-15 (SS-N-2 'Styx') (export ships) anti-ship missiles 16 × Kh-35 (SS-N-25 'Switchblade') anti-ship cruise missiles (Nanuchka III) 20 × 4K33 (SA-N-4 'Gecko') surface-to-air missiles Twin 57mm AK-257 gun (Nanuchka I) 1 × 76mm AK-176 gun (Nanuchka III) 1 × 30mm AK-630 gun (Nanuchka III)^[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]