Type 052D destroyer vs Type 054A frigate

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Type 052D destroyer — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

Type 052D destroyer

Guided-missile destroyer

Credit

日本防衛省・統合幕僚監部 · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

Type 054A frigate — licensed reference photograph

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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 052D destroyerType 052DL

162 m

Length source ↗

Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Type 052D destroyerlarger figure on 1 of 1

Speed+12%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 0 of 1

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

19 of 29 rows sourced on both sides

162mType 052DL

134m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

156–157 m

Type 052D

Single source

162 m

Type 052DL

Single source

Configuration

Details

Type 052D destroyer and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Type 052D destroyer	Type 054A frigate
Power	—	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Initial variant : Type 052D destroyer (first 13 ships) Extended flight deck variant : Type 052DL destroyer^[source]	—
Builders	Jiangnan Shipyard Dalian Shipyard^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]
Preceded by

Succeeded by	Type 055 destroyer^[source]	Type 054B frigate^[source]

Built	February 2012–present^[source]	2005–present^[source]

In service	March 2014–present^[source]	—

Active	35^[source]	46^[source]

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

Propulsion	CODOG 2 × QC-280 gas turbines 2 × diesels^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Type 346A multifunction 3D AESA radar Type 518 or Type 517B air search radar Type 364 surface search radar Type 366 over-the-horizon (OTP) radar Type 344 main gun fire control radar Type 760 navigation radar SJD-9 hull mounted sonar SJG-311 variable depth 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^[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 × H/PJ-45 130mm naval gun 1 × HHQ-10 SAM -based CIWS (24-cell launcher) 1 × Type 730 or Type 1130 Golden Shield gun-based CIWS 64 × GJB 5860-2006 universal VLS cells for: HHQ-9 family surface-to-air missiles : HHQ-9 HHQ-9B YJ-18 anti-ship cruise missile YJ-20 anti-ship ballistic missile CJ-10 land-attack cruise missile CY-5 anti-submarine missile 2 × sets of torpedo tubes for ASW 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	Type 052D: Harbin Z-9 helicopter Type 052DL: Harbin Z-20 helicopter^[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]