Type 052C destroyer vs Type 054A frigate

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Type 052C destroyer — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

Type 052C destroyer

Guided-missile destroyer

Credit

Petty Officer 1st Class Rebecca Wolfbrandt · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · 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

Type 052C destroyerLength

155 m

Length source ↗

Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Type 052C destroyerlarger figure on 4 of 4

Length+16%
Beam+6%
Draught+20%
Speed+8%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 0 of 4

None

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 28 rows sourced on both sides

155m

134m

Length+16%

All recorded figures & sources

155 m

Length

Single source

155 m (508 ft 6 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Type 052C destroyer and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Type 052C destroyer	Type 054A frigate
Power	Combined diesel or gas 2 × DA80 gas turbines (35.7 MW each) 2 × MTU 20V 956TB92 diesels (6 MW each)^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Builders	Jiangnan Shipyard^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	PLA Navy Surface Force^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Type 052B destroyer (based on hull family and commissioning date)^[source]

Succeeded by	Type 052D (based on hull family) Type 051C (based on commissioning date)^[source]	Type 054B frigate^[source]

Built	2002–2015^[source]	2005–present^[source]

In service	September 2005–present^[source]	—

Planned	6^[source]	50^[source]

Completed	6^[source]	—

Active	6^[source]	46^[source]

Type	Guided-missile destroyer^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	Type 346 radar (air search, fire control) Type 517 radar (air search) Type 364 radar (air and surface search) Type 344 radar (main gun fire control) Type 347G(2) radar (Type 730 fire control) Type 366 radar (YJ-62 fire control) Bow mounted sonar Towed array sonar^[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	NRJ-6A 4x H/RJZ-726-4A 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	48 HHQ-9 surface-to-air missiles 8 YJ-62 anti-ship cruise missiles 1 × 100 mm H/PJ-87 gun 2 × 30mm Type 730 close-in weapons systems 6 × torpedo tubes^[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 helicopter ( Kamov Ka-28 or Harbin Z-9 )^[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]