Type 054A frigate vs Visakhapatnam-class 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

Visakhapatnam-class destroyer — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Visakhapatnam-class destroyer

Guided missile destroyer

Credit

Indian Navy · GODL-India · Resized · GODL-India · Source ↗ · Modified

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Visakhapatnam-class destroyerLength

163 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Visakhapatnam-class destroyerlarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+22%
Beam+9%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

22 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

134m

163m

Length+22%

All recorded figures & sources

134 m

Length

Single source

134 m (440 ft)^[source]

163 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Type 054A frigate and Visakhapatnam-class destroyer configuration
Specification	Type 054A frigate	Visakhapatnam-class destroyer
Power	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]	COGAG 2 × Zorya M36E gas turbines , with 4 × DT-59 reversible gas turbines and 2 × RG-54 gearboxes 2 × Bergen/ GRSE KVM-diesel engines, 9,900 hp (7,400 kW) each 4 × 1 MWe Wärtsilä WCM-1000 generator sets driving Cummins KTA50G3 engines and Kirloskar 1 MV AC generators^[source]
Builders	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]	Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL)^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]	Indian Navy^[source]
Preceded by

Succeeded by	Type 054B frigate^[source]	Project 15C Project 18A^[source]

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

Cost	US$348 million (est. 2015)^[source]	₹ 35,800 crore (equivalent to ₹ 420 billion or US$4.4 billion in 2023) for four ships (FY 2020) ₹ 8,950 crore (equivalent to ₹ 110 billion or US$1.1 billion in 2023) per ship (FY 2020)^[source]

Built	2005–present^[source]	—

In commission	2008–present^[source]	—

Planned	50^[source]	4^[source]

Active	46^[source]	4^[source]

Type	Frigate^[source]	Guided missile destroyer^[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]	Radar :- IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-Band AESA radar BEL RAWL-02/LW-08 L-Band air-search radar Terma / Tata Scanter-6002 X-Band surface-search radar Sonar :- BEL HUMSA-NG active/passive sonar BEL Nagin active towed-array sonar Combat Suite :- "Combat Management System" (CMS)^[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]	DRDO Shakti EW suite (equipped with ESM / ECM and "Radar Finger Printing System" (RFPS)) DRDO Nayan COMINT suite Decoys :- 4 × Kavach decoy launchers 2 × Maareech torpedo-countermeasure systems^[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]	Anti-air warfare :- 4 × 8-cell VLS , for a total of 32 Barak 8 surface-to-air missiles Anti-surface warfare :- 2 × 8-cell VLS, for 16 BrahMos anti-ship missiles Anti-submarine warfare :- 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers Guns :- 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun 4 × AK-630M CIWS 4 × OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun^[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 × HAL Dhruv , Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk or Sea King Mk. 42B^[source]