Tamandaré-class frigate vs Type 054A frigate

FORCETALLY

Loading the evidence…

Preparing your view.

Tamandaré-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

Tamandaré-class frigate

General-purpose frigate

Credit

Defence 360 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

Type 054A frigate — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

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

Tamandaré-class frigateLength

107.2 m

Length source ↗

Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Tamandaré-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 2

Draught+4%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 1 of 2

Length+25%

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 31 rows sourced on both sides

107m

134m

Length+25%

All recorded figures & sources

107.2 m

Length

Single source

107.2 m (351 ft 8 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Tamandaré-class frigate and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Tamandaré-class frigate	Type 054A frigate
Complement	c. 130^[source]	—
Name	Tamandaré class^[source]	—
Builders	TKMS^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Brazilian Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Niterói class Broadsword class Inhaúma class

Cost	US$ 555 million per unit (est.)^[source]	US$348 million (est. 2015)^[source]

Built	2022–present^[source]	2005–present^[source]

In commission	2026–present^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Planned	8^[source]	50^[source]

Building	2^[source]	—

Completed	2^[source]	—

Active	1^[source]	46^[source]

Type	General-purpose frigate^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Boats & landing craft carried	2 × RHIBs^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Atlas ANCS combat management system Hensoldt TRS-4D AESA C-band multi-function radar Anschütz NSX X-band navigation radar Atlas ASO 713 hull-mounted sonar Thales STIR 1.2 EO fire control radar Safran PASEO XLR electro-optical system Identification Friend or Foe system SATCOM 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	Omnisys MAGE Defensor ESM system Terma C-Guard decoy launching system^[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	1 × Oto Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun (in stealth cupola) 1 × Rheinmetall Sea Snake 30 mm CIWS 2 × FN Herstal Sea Defender 12.7 mm RWS 2 × twin missile canisters for up to 8 MANSUP anti-ship missiles 1 × 12-cell VLS for 12 Sea Ceptor surface-to-air missiles 2 × triple torpedo tubes for Mark 54 torpedoes^[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 S-70B Seahawk or H225M helicopter 1 Unmanned Air Systems: Boeing Insitu ScanEagle^[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]