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Point-class sealift shiplarger figure on 3 of 4
Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 1 of 4
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Configuration
| Specification | Point-class sealift ship | Type 054A frigate |
|---|---|---|
| Power | 2 × MaK 94M43 diesel engines; 21,700 hp (16,182 kW) 2 propellers Bow thruster[source] | CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts[source] |
| Name | Point class[source] | — |
| Builders | Flensburger Schiffbau (4 ships) Harland & Wolff , Belfast (2 ships)[source] | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard[source] |
| Operators | Foreland Shipping Ltd (formerly AWSR Ltd)[source] | People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy[source] |
| In service | 2002–present[source] | — |
| Completed | — | |
| Active | 4 under contract with the MoD[source] | 46[source] |
| Type | Roll-on/roll-off[source] | Frigate[source] |
| Tonnage | 14,200 DWT[source] | — |
| Capacity | 2,650 linear metres of space for vehicles 130 armoured vehicles and 60 trucks and ammunition or 8,000 tonnes of vehicles[source] | — |
| Sensors & processing systems | I-band 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] |
| Aviation facilities | Can carry up to four helicopters including Chinook, Apache, Merlin and Wildcat.[source] | hangar[source] |
| Notes | Sourced from Jane's Fighting Ships 2008–2009 , p. 876[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] |
| Planned | — | 50[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] |
| Aircraft carried | — | 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] |
| Country of origin | — | People's Republic of China[source] People's Republic of China[source] |