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Skjold-class corvettelarger figure on 0 of 3
Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 3 of 3
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Length
Single sourceLength on cushion
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Skjold-class corvette | Type 054A frigate |
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| Power | — | CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts[source] |
| Name | Skjold class[source] | — |
| Builders | Umoe Mandal , Mandal, Norway[source] | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard[source] |
| Operators | Royal Norwegian Navy[source] | People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Hauk class |
47.50 m (155.8 ft) 44.3 m (145 ft) (Length on cushion)[source]
Length
Single source134 m (440 ft)[source]
Unspecified
Single source180人[source]Unspecified
Complement
Single source15–16[source]
Maximum; In sea state 3
Single sourceMaximum; In sea state 3 In calm sea: >
Single sourceMaximum; In sea state 3 In sea state 5: >
Single sourceIn sea state 3: 45 knots (83 km/h) In sea state 5: >25 knots (46 km/h) In calm sea: >60 knots (110 km/h)[source]
Maximum; Speed
Single source27 knots (50 km/h)[source]
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Type 054 frigate[source] |
| In commission | 1999–present[source] | 2008–present[source] |
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| Planned | 50[source] |
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| Active | 46[source] |
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| Type | Coastal corvette[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Propulsion | Renk COGAG 2 × Pratt & Whitney ST18M plus 2 × Pratt & Whitney ST40M gas turbines → 12,170 kilowatts[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Thales MRR-3D-NG air/surface radar Terma Scanter 6000 after the MLU Saab Ceros 200 FC CS-3701 electronic warfare suite Sagem Vigy 20 electro-optical sensor[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 | 8 × Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile SSMs , kept in an internal weapons bay 1 × 76mm Otobreda Super Rapid multi-role cannon 2 × 12.7mm Browning M2HB HMGs Portable SIMBAD version Mistral SAMs Protector (RWS) (Sea Protector)[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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| Notes | Soft kill: TKWA/ MASS Other: Link 11 and Link 16[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Norway[source] | People's Republic of China[source] People's Republic of China[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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| 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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