Pohang-class corvette vs Type 054A frigate

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Pohang-class corvette — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

Pohang-class corvette

Corvette

Credit

대한민국 국군 Republic of Korea Armed Forces · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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

Pohang-class corvetteLength

88.3 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Pohang-class corvettelarger figure on 0 of 3

None

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+52%
Beam+60%
Displacement+225%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

18 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

88.3m

134m

Length+52%

All recorded figures & sources

88.3 m

Length

Single source

88.3 m (289 ft 8 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Pohang-class corvette and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Pohang-class corvette	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	Pohang class^[source]	—
Builders	Korea Shipbuilding Corporation Korea Tacoma Shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries Daewoo Shipbuilding Hanjin Heavy Industries^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Republic of Korea Navy Colombian National Navy Egyptian Navy Peruvian Navy Philippine Navy Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]

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

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

In commission	17 December 1984 – present^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Completed	24^[source]	—

Active	10 2 Republic of Korea Navy 1 Colombian National Navy 1 Egyptian Navy 2 Peruvian Navy 1 Philippine Navy 3 Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	46^[source]

Retired	14^[source]	—

Preserved	3^[source]	—

Type	Corvette^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Propulsion	CODOG 1 x GE LM2500 gas turbine engine 2 x MTU 12V 956 TB82 diesel engine^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Combat management system: Signaal SEWACO ZK (Batch II - III) Samsung / Ferranti WSA-423 (Batch IV - VI) Fire control system & radar: Signaal WM28 (Batch II - III) WSA-423 includes FCS (Batch IV - VI) Fire control radar: Samsung /Marconi S1810 (Batch IV - VI) Samsung /Marconi ST1802 (Batch V - VI) Surface search radar: Raytheon AN/SPS-64 (Batch II - VI) STX SPS-300K (Batch IV - VI, after 2014) Optronic director: Signaal LIOD (Batch II - III) Samsung /Radamec 2400 (Batch IV - VI) Sonar: EDO 786 (Batch II) Raytheon AN/SQS-58 (Batch III - VI)^[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	Mk 36 SRBOC GoldStar ULQ-12K ESM SLQ-261K TACM (Batch IV - VI, after 2012) Victek SLQ-201K ESM (Batch IV - VI, after 2019)^[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	Primary gun: 1 x OTO Melara 76 mm/62 cannon (Batch II) 2 x OTO Melara 76 mm/62 cannon (Batch III - VI) Secondary gun: 2 x Emerson EMERLEC 30 twin Oerlikon 30 mm/75 KCB cannon (Batch II) 2 x Breda DARDO CIWS twin Bofors 40 mm/70 cannon (Batch III - VI) Anti-ship: 2 x MM38 Exocet SSM (Batch II) 2 x 2 RGM-84C Harpoon SSM (Batch IV, after 1999) 2 x 2 SSM-700K C-Star SSM (Batch V - VI, after 2007) 2 x 4 VCM-01M SSM (Vietnamese retrofitting) Anti-submarine: 2 x triple Mark 32 SVTT loaded with Mark 46 ASW torpedo, or K745 Blue Shark ASW torpedo (after 2006) 12 x Mk 9 or KMk 9 depth charge Anti-air: Mistral MANPADS (after 2000) Other armaments: 2 x K6 HMG 2 x M60 Machine guns^[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]