Polnocny-class landing ship vs Type 054A frigate

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Polnocny-class landing ship

Landing ship, tank

Credit

Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · 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

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Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Polnocny-class landing shipLength

73 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Polnocny-class landing shiplarger figure on 0 of 4

None

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 4 of 4

Length+84%
Beam+67%
Draught+117%
Speed+52%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

16 of 35 rows sourced on both sides

73m

134m

Length+84%

All recorded figures & sources

73 m

Length

Single source

73 m (239 ft 6 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Polnocny-class landing ship and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Polnocny-class landing ship	Type 054A frigate
Power	2 Soviet Kolomna 40-D two stroke diesels, 2 shafts, 4,400 bhp^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Polnochny^[source]	—
Builders	Stocznia Północna shipyard at Gdańsk , (Poland), Stocznia Marynarki Wojennej at Gdynia , Poland^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Algerian National Navy Azerbaijani Navy Somali Navy Syrian Navy Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy

Succeeded by	Ropucha class Lublin -class minelayer-landing ship^[source]	Type 054B frigate^[source]

Subclasses	Polnocny-A (Type 770); Polnocny-B (Type 771); Polnocny-C (Type 773); Modified Polnocny-C (Type 776); Polnocny-D (Type 773U); NS-722; Kumbhir -class tank landing ship^[source]	Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)^[source]

In commission	1967^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Completed	108^[source]	—

Active	9^[source]	46^[source]

Type	Landing ship, tank^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Capacity	12 BMP-2 4 Main battle tanks 250 tons^[source]	—

Troops	250^[source]	—

Armament	Strela 2(SA-N-5) surface-to-air missile system (4 launchers) 30 mm AK-230 air defence gun (2 or 4 twin mounts) 140 mm Ogon 18-barreled rocket launcher(2)^[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]

Country of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	People's Republic of China^[source] People's Republic of China^[source]

Troop capacity	250^[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained	—

Preceded by	—	Type 054 frigate^[source]

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

Built	—	2005–present^[source]

Planned	—	50^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	—	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]