Talwar-class frigate vs Type 054A frigate

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Talwar-class frigate

Guided missile frigate

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Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Talwar-class frigateLength

124.8 m

Length source ↗

Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Talwar-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+18%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+7%
Beam+5%
Draught+19%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

21 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

125m

134m

Length+7%

All recorded figures & sources

124.8 m

Length

Single source

124.8 m (409 ft 5 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Talwar-class frigate and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Talwar-class frigate	Type 054A frigate
Power	COGAG configuration Zorya-Mashproekt M7N.1E propulsion plant 2 × DS-71 cruise gas turbines 9,850 shp (7,350 kW) 2 × DT-59 boost gas turbines 22,185 shp (16,543 kW)^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Talwar class^[source]	—
Builders	Baltiysky Zavod Yantar Shipyard Goa Shipyard^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Indian Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy

Preceded by	Brahmaputra class^[source]	Type 054 frigate^[source]

Succeeded by	Shivalik class^[source]	Type 054B frigate^[source]

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

Cost	$1.9 billion for 4 ships (2024 estimate, $475 million per ship)^[source]	US$348 million (est. 2015)^[source]

Planned	10^[source]	50^[source]

Building	2^[source]	—

Completed	8^[source]	—

Active	8^[source]	46^[source]

Type	Guided missile frigate^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Endurance	30 days^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Combat Management System - Trebovaniye-M 1 × 3Ts-25E Garpun-B I-band surface search radar 1 × MR-212/201-1 I-band navigation radar 1 × Kelvin Hughes Nucleus-2 6000A radar 1 × Ladoga-ME-11356 intertial navigation and stabilisation 1 × Fregat M2EM E-band 3D circular scan radar 1 × Ratep JSC 5P-10E Puma fire-control system (for 100mm A-190E ) 1 × 3R14N-11356 fire-control system FCS (F40, F43, F45; for Klub ) 4 × MR-90 Orekh fire-control system (for Shtil-1 ) BEL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array) (Batch 1 & 2) BEL HUMSA NG (Hull Mounted Sonar Array) (Batch 3 & 4)^[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	1 × TK-25E-5 EWS 1 × DRDO Shakti EWS (from Batch-IV) Decoys :- 1 × PK-10 ship-borne decoy launching systems 4 × KT-216 decoy launchers^[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	See Armaments^[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]

Aircraft carried	1 × Ka-28 (or) Ka-31 (or) HAL Dhruv^[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]