Tughril-class frigate vs Type 054A frigate

AWarships

Type 054A frigate

Frigate

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At a glance

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Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Tughril-class frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Measured figures

Head to head

21 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

134m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

134 m

Length

Single source

134 m (439 ft 8 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

134 m (440 ft)^[source]

16m

Beam

All recorded figures & sources

16 m

Beam

Single source

16 m (52 ft 6 in)^[source]

16 m

Beam

Single source

16 m (52 ft)^[source]

4.5米

Draught

All recorded figures & sources

4.5米^[source]

5 m

Draught

Single source

5 m (16 ft)^[source]

4,200t

3,963tfull

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

4,200 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

4,200 t (4,100 long tons )^[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

165

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Complement

All recorded figures & sources

165 people

Complement

Single source

165^[source]

50km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed

All recorded figures & sources

50 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)^[source]

50 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

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

14,862km

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

Range

All recorded figures & sources

14,862 km

Range

Single source

8,025 nmi (14,862 km; 9,235 mi)^[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

Tughril-class frigate and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Tughril-class frigate	Type 054A frigate
Power	CODAD 4 × Shaanxi Shaanxi 16 PA6 STC diesel engines (Each producing 5700 kW )^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Tughril class^[source]	—
Builders	China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (HDZH) (Subsidiary of CSSC)^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Pakistan Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Zulfiquar class^[source]	Type 054 frigate^[source]
Cost	USD $348 million (PLAN Type 054A; not confirmed by Pakistan)^[source]	US$348 million (est. 2015)^[source]
Built	2018–2023^[source]	2005–present^[source]
In service	2021–present^[source]	—
Planned	4^[source]	50^[source]
Completed	4^[source]	—
Active	4^[source]	46^[source]
Type	Guided-missile frigate^[source]	Frigate^[source]
Sensors & processing systems	Radar :- SR2410C AESA radar. Type 517 (SUR17B) VHF air-search radar. Type 344 fire-control radar (for SSM ) 4 × MR-90 Front Dome (for SAM ) MR-36A surface-surveillance radar Type 347G fire-control radar (for H/PJ-26 naval gun) 2 × Racal RM-1290 I Band navigation radar Sonar :- MGK-335 medium frequency active/passive sonar system H/SJG-206 towed array sonar Communications :- ZKJ-5 combat data-system (developed from Thomson-CSF TAVITAC ) HN-900 data link (Chinese equivalent of Link 11 ) SNTI-240 SATCOM AKD5000S Ku-band SATCOM^[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	Type 922-1 radar warning receiver (RWR) HZ-100 ECM / ELINT system Kashtan-3 missile jamming 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	Anti-air warfare :- 1 × 32-cell VLS LY-80N surface-to-air missiles Anti-surface warfare :- 1 × 1-cell P-282 SMASH anti-ship ballistic missile 2 × 2-cell CM-302 anti-ship missiles Anti-submarine warfare :- 2 × Type 87 anti-submarine rocket launcher 2 × Yu-7 anti-submarine torpedo launchers Guns :- 1 × 76mm H/PJ-26 naval gun 2 × Type 1130 CIWS Decoys :- 2 × Type 726-4 decoy-launchers^[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 × Harbin Z-9EC (equipped with CM-501GA land-attack missile )^[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	Flight deck and enclosed helicopter hangar capable of accommodating Harbin Z-9 (or) Kamov Ka-27 .^[source]	hangar^[source]
Notes	Pakistan-specific variant of Type 054A frigate . Most technologically-sophisticated warships ever exported by China to date.^[source]	—
Country of origin	People's Republic of China^[source] People's Republic of China^[source]	People's Republic of China^[source] People's Republic of China^[source]
Succeeded by	—	Type 054B frigate^[source]
Subclasses	—	Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)^[source]
In commission	—	2008–present^[source]

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Tughril-class frigate

Type 054A frigate

Power

CODAD 4 × Shaanxi Shaanxi 16 PA6 STC diesel engines (Each producing 5700 kW )^[source]

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

Name

Tughril class^[source]

—

Builders

China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (HDZH) (Subsidiary of CSSC)^[source]

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]

Operators

Pakistan Navy^[source]

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

Preceded by

Zulfiquar class^[source]

Type 054 frigate^[source]

Cost

USD $348 million (PLAN Type 054A; not confirmed by Pakistan)^[source]

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

Built

2018–2023^[source]

2005–present^[source]

In service

2021–present^[source]

—

Planned

4^[source]

50^[source]

Completed

4^[source]

—

Active

4^[source]

46^[source]

Type

Guided-missile frigate^[source]

Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems

Radar :- SR2410C AESA radar. Type 517 (SUR17B) VHF air-search radar. Type 344 fire-control radar (for SSM ) 4 × MR-90 Front Dome (for SAM ) MR-36A surface-surveillance radar Type 347G fire-control radar (for H/PJ-26 naval gun) 2 × Racal RM-1290 I Band navigation radar Sonar :- MGK-335 medium frequency active/passive sonar system H/SJG-206 towed array sonar Communications :- ZKJ-5 combat data-system (developed from Thomson-CSF TAVITAC ) HN-900 data link (Chinese equivalent of Link 11 ) SNTI-240 SATCOM AKD5000S Ku-band SATCOM^[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

Type 922-1 radar warning receiver (RWR) HZ-100 ECM / ELINT system Kashtan-3 missile jamming 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

Anti-air warfare :- 1 × 32-cell VLS LY-80N surface-to-air missiles Anti-surface warfare :- 1 × 1-cell P-282 SMASH anti-ship ballistic missile 2 × 2-cell CM-302 anti-ship missiles Anti-submarine warfare :- 2 × Type 87 anti-submarine rocket launcher 2 × Yu-7 anti-submarine torpedo launchers Guns :- 1 × 76mm H/PJ-26 naval gun 2 × Type 1130 CIWS Decoys :- 2 × Type 726-4 decoy-launchers^[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 × Harbin Z-9EC (equipped with CM-501GA land-attack missile )^[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

Flight deck and enclosed helicopter hangar capable of accommodating Harbin Z-9 (or) Kamov Ka-27 .^[source]

hangar^[source]

Notes

Pakistan-specific variant of Type 054A frigate . Most technologically-sophisticated warships ever exported by China to date.^[source]

—

Country of origin

People's Republic of China^[source]

Succeeded by

—

Type 054B frigate^[source]

Subclasses

—

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

In commission

—

2008–present^[source]