Type 054A frigate vs Type 073 landing ship

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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 073 landing ship — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Type 073 landing ship

Credit

Quitsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Type 073 landing shipLength

77.4 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+73%
Beam+54%
Speed+52%

Type 073 landing shiplarger figure on 0 of 3

None

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

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 29 rows sourced on both sides

134m

77.4m

Length+73%

All recorded figures & sources

134 m

Length

Single source

134 m (440 ft)^[source]

77.4 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Type 054A frigate and Type 073 landing ship configuration
Specification	Type 054A frigate	Type 073 landing ship
Power	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]	2 × 6PA6I-280 diesel engines at 3,540 kW (4,750 hp) each 2 shafts^[source]
Builders	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]	Zhonghua Shipyard^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]	—
Preceded by	Type 054 frigate^[source]	—
Succeeded by

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

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

Built	2005–present^[source]	c. 1991^[source]

In commission	2008–present^[source]	Early 1980s -2012^[source]

Planned	50^[source]	—

Active	46^[source]	1^[source]

Type	Frigate^[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]	Fin Curve navigastion radar^[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]	—

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]	2 x twin 25mm gun^[source]