Type 054A frigate vs Type 055 destroyer

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Type 054A frigate — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

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

Type 055 destroyer — licensed reference photograph

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Type 055 destroyer

Guided-missile destroyer Guided-missile cruiser (per NATO )

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 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Type 055 destroyerLength

180 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 0 of 4

None

Type 055 destroyerlarger figure on 4 of 4

Length+34%
Beam+25%
Draught+32%
Speed+12%

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

134m

180m

Length+34%

All recorded figures & sources

134 m

Length

Single source

134 m (440 ft)^[source]

180 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Type 054A frigate and Type 055 destroyer configuration
Specification	Type 054A frigate	Type 055 destroyer
Complement	—	300+^[source]
Builders	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]	Changxingdao-Jiangnan Shipyard , Shanghai Dalian Shipyard , Liaoning^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Type 054 frigate^[source]	Type 052D destroyer^[source]

Succeeded by	Type 054B frigate^[source]	—

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

Cost	US$348 million (est. 2015)^[source]	CN¥6 billion (US$888 million) per unit including R&D (FY 2017)^[source]

Built	2005–present^[source]	2014–present^[source]

In commission	2008–present^[source]	—

Planned	50^[source]	16^[source]

Active	46^[source]	10^[source]

Type	Frigate^[source]	Guided-missile destroyer Guided-missile cruiser (per NATO )^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	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]	Type 346B Dragon Eye ( C / S-band ) multifunctional radar X-band multifunctional radar Navigational radar Optronic system Optronic gunfire control system Hull-mounted sonar Variable-depth / towed-array sonars^[source]

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]	Electronic warfare system 24-barreled decoy launchers Type 726-4 decoy launchers^[source]

Armament	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]	1 × 130 mm H/PJ-45 130mm naval gun 1 × 30 mm Type 1130 Golden Shield (H/PJ-11) gun-based CIWS 1 × 24-cell HHQ-10 SAM -based CIWS 112 GJB 5860-2006 universal VLS cells for: HQ-9 family long range surface-to-air missiles: HHQ-9 HHQ-9B HQ-16 family medium range surface-to-air missiles: HHQ-16 HHQ-16B YJ-18 A anti-ship missiles YJ-20 anti-ship ballistic missiles YJ-21 anti-ship ballistic missiles CJ-10 land-attack cruise missile Anti-submarine missiles 2 × sets of 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes Yu-7 torpedoes^[source]

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]	2 medium-lift helicopters Harbin Z-9 Changhe Z-18 Harbin Z-20^[source]