Type 054A frigate vs Type 22 frigate: Specs Compared

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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

Type 22 frigate — licensed reference photograph

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Type 22 frigate

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U.S. Navy/PH2 Thompson · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · 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 22 frigateBatch 3

148.1 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 1 of 1

Beam+8%

Type 22 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 28 rows sourced on both sides

134m

148mBatch 3

Length

All recorded figures & sources

134 m

Length

Single source

134 m (440 ft)^[source]

131.2 m

Batch 1

Single source

Configuration

Details

Type 054A frigate and Type 22 frigate configuration
Specification	Type 054A frigate	Type 22 frigate
Complement	—	Batch 1: 222 Batch 2: 273 Batch 3: 250^[source]
Power	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]	Batch 1 plus Boxer , Beaver , London , Sheffield & Coventry : 2-shaft COGOG 2 Rolls-Royce Marine Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines: 54,000 shp (40 MW) 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines: 9,700 shp (7.2 MW) Batch 2, Brave & Batch 3: 2-shaft COGAG ( Brave remained COGOG) 2 Rolls-Royce Marine Spey SM1A boost gas turbines: 37,400 shp (27.9 MW) 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM3C cruise gas turbines: 9,700 shp (7.2 MW)^[source]
Builders	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]	Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Ltd , Cammell Laird , Swan Hunter^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy

Preceded by	Type 054 frigate^[source]	Type 21^[source]

Succeeded by	Type 054B frigate^[source]	Type 23 (United Kingdom) Tamandaré class (Brazil)^[source]

Subclasses	Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)^[source]	Batch 1 Broadsword Batch 2 Boxer Batch 3 Cornwall^[source]

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

Built	2005–present^[source]	—

In commission	2008–present^[source]	3 May 1979 – 30 June 2011^[source]

Planned	50^[source]	—

Active	46^[source]	4 (with Brazil, Romania and Chile)^[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]	1 × Type 967/968 air-search radar 2 × Type 910 or 911 fire-control radars 1 × Type 1006 or 1007 navigation radar 1 × Type 2016 sonar (Batch 1 & 2) 1 × Type 2050 sonar (Batch 3) 1 × Type 2031Z towed array sonar (Batch 2 & 3) 1 × Type 162M bottom target classification sonar 1 × Type 2008 underwater comms system^[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]	NATO Seagnat 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]	Batch 1 and 2 : 2 × Sextuple Sea Wolf anti-air missile launchers 4 × Exocet MM-38 anti-ship missile launchers 2 × triple STWS-2 tubes for Mk.46 or Stingray anti-submarine torpedoes 2 × 40mm Bofors guns 2 × 20 mm GAM-BO1 guns L7A2 GPMGs M134 Miniguns Batch 3 : 2 × Sextuple Sea Wolf anti-air missile launchers 2 × quad Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers 2 × triple STWS-2 tubes for Mk.46 or Stingray anti-submarine torpedoes 1 × 4.5-inch (113 mm) Mk.8 gun 1 × 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS 2 × 30mm DS30B guns or 2 × 20 mm GAM-BO1 guns L7A2 GPMGs M134 Miniguns^[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]	1 or 2 × Westland Lynx helicopters , armed with: 2 × L7A2 GPMGs machine guns, and 4 × Sea Skua anti-ship missiles, or 2 × Sting Ray anti-submarine torpedoes Brave onwards capable of handling 1 × Sea King or Merlin helicopter.^[source]