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Qahir-class corvettelarger figure on 1 of 3
Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 2 of 3
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| Specification | Qahir-class corvette | Type 054A frigate |
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| Power | 2 shafts, 4× Crossley-SEMP-Pielstck 16PA6 V280 STC Diesels 32,000 bhp (24,000 kW)[source] | CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts[source] |
| Builders | VT Group , UK[source] | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard[source] |
| Operators | Oman[source] | People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy[source] |
| Planned |
83.70 m (274 ft 7 in) oa 78.50 m (257 ft 7 in) pp[source]
Length
Single source134 m (440 ft)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
50[source] |
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| Class & type | Corvette[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1× Kelvin-Hughes Type 1007 Navigation radar 1× HSA MW-08 3D air/surface search radar 1× Thomson-CSF Castor IIJ MRR Fire control radar 1× HSA STING radar/optical fire control[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] |
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| Armament | 1× Otobreda 76 mm 62 Super Rapid gun 2× Oerlikon GAM-BO1 20mm cannon 1× octuple Crotale NG SAM launcher (16 missiles) 8× MM40 Block 2 Exocet anti-ship missiles[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] |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom[source] | People's Republic of China[source] People's Republic of China[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Type 054 frigate[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Type 054B frigate[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)[source] |
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| Cost | — | US$348 million (est. 2015)[source] |
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| Built | — | 2005–present[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2008–present[source] |
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| Active | — | 46[source] |
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| Type | — | Frigate[source] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | hangar[source] |
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