Panarea-class tanker vs Type 054A frigate

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AWarships

Panarea-class tanker

Coastal oil tanker

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Credit

ForceTally · AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph · AI-generated · OpenAI output terms · 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

Panarea-class tankerLOA

50 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Panarea-class tankerlarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 2 of 2

Beam+60%
Draught+56%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 29 rows sourced on both sides

50mLOA

134m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

50 m

LOA

Single source

47.25 m

LPP

Single source

Configuration

Details

Panarea-class tanker and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Panarea-class tanker	Type 054A frigate
Power	2 x shaft Favignana : 2 x diesel engines Caterpillar C18, 484.71 kW (650.01 bhp) each 2 x diesel generators ANSALDO mod. M2BM 315 SA/4 Linosa , Panarea and Salina : 2 x diesel engines Isotta Fraschini ID-36-SS-6V, 587 kW (787 bhp) each 2 x diesel generators Isotta Fraschini VM1312-MH-14^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Panarea class^[source]	—
Builders	Cantieri Navali Ferrari ( La Spezia )^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Italian Navy^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	50^[source]

Building	4^[source]	—

Completed	4^[source]	—

Active	4^[source]	46^[source]

Type	Coastal oil tanker^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Capacity	570 m 3 (20,000 cu ft) NATO F76 (diesel fuel marine) or 581 m 3 (20,500 cu ft) NATO F44/JP5 (aviation fuel) equivalent to 550 t (540 long tons)^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	2 × GEM Elettronica MM/SPN-753 navigation radar^[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]

Preceded by	—	Type 054 frigate^[source]

Succeeded by	—	Type 054B frigate^[source]

Subclasses	—	Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)^[source]

Cost	—	US$348 million (est. 2015)^[source]

Built	—	2005–present^[source]

In commission	—	2008–present^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	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	—	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]