Type 054A frigate vs Wonsan-class minelayer

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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

Wonsan-class minelayer — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Wonsan-class minelayer

Minelayer

Credit

U.S. Navy photo by Journalist Seaman Ryan C. McGinley · 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 ↗

Wonsan-class minelayerLength

104 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+29%
Beam+7%
Speed+22%

Wonsan-class minelayerlarger 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

16 of 29 rows sourced on both sides

134m

104m

Length+29%

All recorded figures & sources

134 m

Length

Single source

134 m (440 ft)^[source]

104 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Type 054A frigate and Wonsan-class minelayer configuration
Specification	Type 054A frigate	Wonsan-class minelayer
Power	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]	—
Builders	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]	Hyundai Heavy Industries^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]	Republic of Korea Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Type 054 frigate^[source]	—
Succeeded by	Type 054B frigate

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

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

Built	2005–present^[source]	—

In commission	2008–present^[source]	1998–present^[source]

Planned	50^[source]	3^[source]

Active	46^[source]	—

Type	Frigate^[source]	Minelayer^[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]	Signaal DA-08 air surveillance radar AN/SPS-10C navigation radar ST-1802 fire control radar Signaal PHS-32 hull-mounted sonar^[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]	ULQ-11K ESM/ECM suite^[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 × OTO Melara 76 mm/L62 caliber naval gun 2 × 40L70K double-barreled 40 mm cannon 2 × triple 324 mm (12.8 in) Mark 32 torpedo tubes 500 mines^[source]