Ponza-class transport ship vs Type 054A frigate

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AWarships

Ponza-class transport ship

Coastal transport ship

Credit

Marinaio56 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Ponza-class transport shipLOA

56.72 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Ponza-class transport shiplarger figure on 0 of 3

None

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 3 of 3

Beam+60%
Draught+63%
Speed+92%

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 28 rows sourced on both sides

56.72mLOA

134m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

56.72 m

LOA

Single source

56.72 m (186 ft 1 in) LOA^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Ponza-class transport ship and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Ponza-class transport ship	Type 054A frigate
Power	- 2 x diesel engines Isotta Fraschini ID-36-8V, 647 kW (868 bhp) each - 2 x diesel engines generators AIFO 8281-SRM-8V, 235 kW (315 bhp) each with Ansaldo electric engine MXR-315, 380V - 1 x diesel engine generator AIFO 8210-M6, 110 kW (150 bhp) with Ansaldo electric engine MXR-250, 380 V (for auxiliary bow thruster) - 2 x shaft and thruster - Auxiliary bow thruster^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Ponza^[source]	—
Builders	Cantiere Navale Mario Morini , Ancona^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Italian Navy^[source]

In commission	1988-1990^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Completed	5^[source]	—

Active	5^[source]	46^[source]

Type	Coastal transport ship^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	1 x GEM Elettronica MM/SPN-754 v2 navigation radars^[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]

Notes	1 x 15 t (15 long tons) cranes^[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]

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]