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Tarantul-class corvettelarger figure on 1 of 4
Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 3 of 4
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Measured figures
Length
Single source56.0 m (183 ft 9 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Tarantul-class corvette | Type 054A frigate |
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| Power | 2 shaft COGAG turbines at 11,000 hp (8,200 kW) each, plus 2 cruising engines at 4,000 hp (3,000 kW) each (there were diesel and turbine versions of the cruising engines),[source] | CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts[source] |
| Name | Tarantul class[source] | — |
| Builders | Vympel Shipyard[source] | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard[source] |
| Operators | Soviet Navy Russian Navy Bulgarian Navy Volksmarine German Navy Indian Navy Polish Navy Romanian Naval Forces Ukrainian Navy Vietnam People's Navy Yemeni Navy Egyptian Navy United States Navy Turkmen Naval Forces[source] |
134 m (440 ft)[source]
Unspecified
Single source180人[source]Unspecified
at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph), operational autonomy for 10 days
Single source2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph), operational autonomy for 10 days[source]
estimated at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Single source3,800 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.
People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy[source] |
| Subclasses | Pauk-class corvette Veer -class corvette[source] | Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)[source] |
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| Completed | ~80 (including Pauk class )[source] | — |
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| Lost | — |
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| Preserved | 2 or 3[source] | — |
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| Type | Missile corvette[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Radar: Spin trough, Bass Tilt, Peel pair, Pop group[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 | 4 × P-15 Termit /SS-N-2 Styx or 4 × P-270 Moskit /SS-N-22 Sunburn or 16 × Kh-35 Uran/SS-N-25 Switchblade anti-ship missiles or 4 × BrahMos 1 SA-N-5 SAM (1x4) MANPADS air defence missiles 1 × 76 mm AK-176 dual purpose main gun 2 × AK-630 30 mm gun or 1 × CADS-N-1 Kashtan CIWS ( close-in weapon system ) for air defence[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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| In commission | Projected from 2025/26[source] | 2008–present[source] |
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| Country of origin | Soviet Union[source] | People's Republic of China[source] People's Republic of China[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Type 054 frigate[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Type 054B frigate[source] |
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| Cost | — | US$348 million (est. 2015)[source] |
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| Built | — | 2005–present[source] |
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| Planned | — | 50[source] |
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| Active | — | 46[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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