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AWarships


At a glance
Type 021 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 3
Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 2 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source38.6 m (127 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Type 021 missile boat | Type 054A frigate |
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| Builders | Hudong Shipyard[source] | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard[source] |
| Operators | People's Liberation Army Navy Bangladesh Navy[source] | People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Osa-class missile boat[source] | Type 054 frigate[source] |
| Succeeded by | Type 037-IG class missile boat[source] |
134 m (440 ft)[source]
Unspecified
Single source180人[source]Unspecified
at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Single sourceor
Single source350 nmi (650 km; 400 mi) or 800 nmi (1,500 km; 920 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)[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.
Type 054B frigate[source] |
| Subclasses | Huangfeng class Hola class Houdong class[source] | Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1× Type 352 Square Tie 1× Fire control radar in aft radome (some)[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 × Silkworm missiles or 4× C-101 supersonic anti-ship missiles 4× AK-230 2× 25 mm (II x 2)[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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| Propulsion | 3 shafts[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | Type 021-class missile boat[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | People's Republic of China[source] | People's Republic of China[source] People's Republic of China[source] |
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| Cost | — | US$348 million (est. 2015)[source] |
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| Built | — | 2005–present[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2008–present[source] |
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| Planned | — | 50[source] |
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| Active | — | 46[source] |
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| Type | — | Frigate[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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| Reported operators |
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