Slava-class cruiser vs Type 054A frigate

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AWarships

Slava-class cruiser

Guided-missile cruiser

Credit

LPHOT SEELEY · OGL v1.0 · Resized · OGL v1.0 · 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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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Slava-class cruiserLength

186.4 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Slava-class cruiserlarger figure on 4 of 4

Length+39%
Beam+30%
Draught+68%
Speed+18%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 0 of 4

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

Measured figures

Head to head

20 of 34 rows sourced on both sides

186m

134m

Length+39%

All recorded figures & sources

186.4 m

Length

Single source

186.4 m (611 ft 7 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Slava-class cruiser and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Slava-class cruiser	Type 054A frigate
Name	Slava class^[source]	—
Builders	61 Communards Shipyard , Mykolaiv^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Soviet Navy Russian Navy Ukrainian Navy (laid up & uncompleted)^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Kara class^[source]	Type 054 frigate^[source]

Succeeded by	Lider class (theoretical)^[source]	Type 054B frigate^[source]

Built	1976–1990^[source]	2005–present^[source]

In service	1982–present^[source]	—

Planned	10^[source]	50^[source]

Completed	3^[source]	—

Canceled	6^[source]	—

Active	2^[source]	46^[source]

Laid up	1 (construction incomplete)^[source]	—

Lost	1^[source]	—

Type	Guided-missile cruiser^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Propulsion	COGOG : GTU M21 2 × M70 cruise gas turbines and 4 × M90 boost gas turbines, 2 cruise steam turbines, 2 exhaust gas boilers, 4 × M8KF gas turbines, 2 shafts^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Radar: MR-800 Voshkod/Top Pair 3-D long-range air search, MR-700 Fregat/Top Steer (first two) or MR-710 Fregat-MA/Top Plate (second two) 3-D air search Sonar: MG-332 Tigan-2T/Bull Nose hull mounted LF, Platina/Horse Tail MF VDS Fire Control: 3R41 Volna/Top Dome SA-N-6 SAM control, MPZ-301 Baza/Pop Group SA-N-4 SAM control, Argument/Front Door-C SSM 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]

Electronic warfare & decoys	Kol'cho suite with Gurzhor-A&B/Side Globe intercept, MR-404/Rum Tub jammers, Bell Crown intercept, Bell Push intercept, 2 PK-2 decoy RL, 12 PK-10 decoy RL (in last two units only)^[source]	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	Missiles: 16 (8 × 2) P-1000 Vulcan (SS-N-12 Sandbox) anti-ship missiles 64 (8 × 8) S-300F Fort (SA-N-6 Grumble) long-range surface-to-air missiles 40 (2 × 20) OSA-M (SA-N-4 Gecko) SR SAM Guns: 1 × twin AK-130 130 mm/L70 dual purpose guns 6 × 1 AK-630 close-in weapons systems Torpedoes and others: 2 × 12 RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars 10 (2 × 5) 533 mm torpedo tubes^[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]

Armor	Splinter plating^[source]	—

Aircraft carried	1 Kamov Ka-25 or Kamov Ka-27 Helicopter^[source]	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]