Sovremenny-class destroyer vs Type 054A frigate

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Sovremenny-class destroyer

Guided-missile destroyer

Credit

PHC Jeff Hilton · 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

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Sovremenny-class destroyerLength

156.5 m

Length source ↗

Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Sovremenny-class destroyerlarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+17%
Beam+7%
Speed+18%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 0 of 3

None

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

Measured figures

Head to head

22 of 31 rows sourced on both sides

157m

134m

Length+17%

All recorded figures & sources

156.5 m

Length

Single source

156.5 m (513 ft 5 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

134 m (440 ft)^[source]

17.2m

16m

Beam+7%

All recorded figures & sources

17.2 m

Beam

Single source

17.2 m (56 ft 5 in)^[source]

16 m

Beam

Single source

16 m (52 ft)^[source]

5.2mMain draught

Draught

All recorded figures & sources

5.2 m

Main draught

Single source

Main draught: 5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)^[source]

5 m

Draught

Single source

5 m (16 ft)^[source]

6,600 tons standard, 7,940 tons full load

3,963tfull

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

6,600 tons standard, 7,940 tons full load^[source]

3,963 tonnes

full

Single source

3,963 tonnes (full)^[source]

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180Unspecified

Crew

All recorded figures & sources

180 people

Unspecified

Single source

180人^[source]Unspecified

350

—

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

350 people

Complement

Single source

350^[source]

59km/hMaximum; Speed

50km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed+18%

All recorded figures & sources

59 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)^[source]

50 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

27 knots (50 km/h)^[source]

8,047kmat 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

7,000kmestimated at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)

RangeScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

8,046.72 km

at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Single source

2,491 km

at 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)

Single source

4,344.88 nmi (8,046.72 km; 5,000.00 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) 1,345 nmi (2,491 km; 1,548 mi) at 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)^[source]

7,000 km

estimated at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Single source

3,800 nautical miles (4,400 mi; 7,000 km) estimated at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Sovremenny-class destroyer and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Sovremenny-class destroyer	Type 054A frigate
Power	2 shaft steam turbines, 4 boilers, 75,000 kW (100,000 hp), 2 4-bladed fixed propellers, 2 turbo generators, and 2 diesel generators^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Sovremenny class^[source]	—
Builders	Zhdanov Shipyard^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy (active) Russian Navy (retired) Soviet Navy (retired)^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Kashin class (Russia) Type 051B "Luhai" class (China)^[source]	Type 054 frigate^[source]
Succeeded by	Udaloy class (Russia) Type 052B "Luyang I" class (China)^[source]	Type 054B frigate^[source]
Subclasses	Project 956E Project 956EM^[source]	Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)^[source]
Built	1976–2004^[source]	2005–present^[source]
In commission	1981–present^[source]	2008–present^[source]
Planned	25^[source]	50^[source]
Completed	21^[source]	—
Canceled	4^[source]	—
Active	4 (Chinese PLAN )^[source]	46^[source]
Retired	17^[source]	—
Preserved	1^[source]	—
Type	Guided-missile destroyer^[source]	Frigate^[source]
Sensors & processing systems	Radar: Air/Surface Search radar MR-710 / MR-760 Fregat-MP ( Type 382 radar variant for upgraded PLAN versions) Over-the-horizon (OTP) radar Mineral-ME ( Type 366 radar for upgraded PLAN versions) used for surveillance and fire-control P-80/P-270 fire control radar Ehkran 1 Smerch fire control radar Orekh 130 mm gun fire control radar MR-184 Uragan 30 mm CIWS fire control radar MR-105 Turem Navigation radar MR-212 Volga Sonar: Active and passive under- keel sonar ES: Tactical situation plotting board, anti-ship missile fire control system, air defence, missile fire-control system , and torpedo fire control system^[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	All versions : Various electronic warfare (EW) systems including jammers Chinese refitted versions : Project 956EM: 96 (4 × 24) H/RJZ-726-4A 24 barrel decoy dispenser Project 956E: 48 (2 × 24) H/RJZ-726-4A 24 barrel decoy dispenser 72 (8 × 9) 9 barrel decoy dispenser Russian version and Chinese versions before modernization : 2 twin barrel PK-2 decoy dispensers (200 rocket decoys) RK-10 chaff/flares^[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]
Aircraft carried	1 × Ka-27 series or Ka-25 series 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]
Aviation facilities	One helipad and a hanger^[source]	hangar^[source]
Country of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	People's Republic of China^[source] People's Republic of China^[source]
Cost	—	US$348 million (est. 2015)^[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]

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Sovremenny-class destroyer

Type 054A frigate

Power

2 shaft steam turbines, 4 boilers, 75,000 kW (100,000 hp), 2 4-bladed fixed propellers, 2 turbo generators, and 2 diesel generators^[source]

CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]

Name

Sovremenny class^[source]

—

Builders

Zhdanov Shipyard^[source]

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]

Operators

People's Liberation Army Navy (active) Russian Navy (retired) Soviet Navy (retired)^[source]

People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]

Preceded by

Kashin class (Russia) Type 051B "Luhai" class (China)^[source]

Type 054 frigate^[source]

Succeeded by

Udaloy class (Russia) Type 052B "Luyang I" class (China)^[source]

Type 054B frigate^[source]

Subclasses

Project 956E Project 956EM^[source]

Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)^[source]

Built

1976–2004^[source]

2005–present^[source]

In commission

1981–present^[source]

2008–present^[source]

Planned

25^[source]

50^[source]

Completed

21^[source]

—

Canceled

4^[source]

—

Active

4 (Chinese PLAN )^[source]

46^[source]

Retired

17^[source]

—

Preserved

1^[source]

—

Type

Guided-missile destroyer^[source]

Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems

Radar: Air/Surface Search radar MR-710 / MR-760 Fregat-MP ( Type 382 radar variant for upgraded PLAN versions) Over-the-horizon (OTP) radar Mineral-ME ( Type 366 radar for upgraded PLAN versions) used for surveillance and fire-control P-80/P-270 fire control radar Ehkran 1 Smerch fire control radar Orekh 130 mm gun fire control radar MR-184 Uragan 30 mm CIWS fire control radar MR-105 Turem Navigation radar MR-212 Volga Sonar: Active and passive under- keel sonar ES: Tactical situation plotting board, anti-ship missile fire control system, air defence, missile fire-control system , and torpedo fire control system^[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

All versions : Various electronic warfare (EW) systems including jammers Chinese refitted versions : Project 956EM: 96 (4 × 24) H/RJZ-726-4A 24 barrel decoy dispenser Project 956E: 48 (2 × 24) H/RJZ-726-4A 24 barrel decoy dispenser 72 (8 × 9) 9 barrel decoy dispenser Russian version and Chinese versions before modernization : 2 twin barrel PK-2 decoy dispensers (200 rocket decoys) RK-10 chaff/flares^[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]

Aircraft carried

1 × Ka-27 series or Ka-25 series 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]

Aviation facilities

One helipad and a hanger^[source]

hangar^[source]

Country of origin

Soviet Union^[source]

People's Republic of China^[source]

Cost

—

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