Type 054A frigate

Huanggang (577) in 2020
Class overview
Builders
Operators People's Liberation Army Navy
Preceded byType 054 frigate
Succeeded byType 054B frigate
SubclassesTughril class (Pakistan)
CostUS$348 million (est. 2015)
Built2005–present
In commission2008–present[1]
Planned50[2]
Active35
General characteristics
TypeFrigate
Displacement3,963 tonnes (full)[3]
Length134 m (440 ft)[3]
Beam16 m (52 ft)[3]
Draught5 m (16 ft)
PropulsionCODAD, 4 × SEMT Peilstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts[3]
Speed27 knots[3]
Range3,800 nautical miles (4,400 mi; 7,000 km) estimated at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)[3]
Sensors and
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 11A/B, to be upgraded)
  • SNTI-240 SATCOM
  • AKD5000S Ku band SATCOM
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
  • 1 × 32-cell H/AKJ-16 VLS[4]
  • 2 × 4 YJ-83 anti-ship missiles
  • 1 × PJ26 76 mm dual purpose gun
  • 2 × Type 730 7-barrel 30 mm CIWS guns or Type 1130
  • 2 × 3 324mm Yu-7 ASW torpedo launchers
  • 2 × 6 Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher (36 rockets carried)
  • 2 × Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers
Aircraft carried1 Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' or Harbin Z-9C
Aviation facilitieshangar

The Type 054A (NATO/OSD Jiangkai II) is a class of guided-missile frigate from the People's Republic of China. It is a development of the Type 054 frigate;[5] compared to its predecessor, the Type 054A has medium-range air defense capability in the form of Type 382 radar and vertically launched (VLS) HHQ-16 surface-to-air missiles.[6]

The first ship (Xuzhou) of the new Type 054A was laid down in 2005 and entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) in January 2008;[3] the class was a key component of the PLAN's surface fleet by the late 2010s.[7][8][9] Production was ongoing in 2023, with 30 ships in service by mid 2019, while the next batch of 10 ships commissioned from 2022 onwards, and a final batch of 10 ships under development.[10][11]

  1. ^ Dominguez, Gabriel (15 January 2018). "PLAN inducts Type 054A frigate into North Sea Fleet". IHS Jane's 360. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Hints of Chinese Naval Ambitions in the 2020s". The Diplomat. 25 December 2020. Archived from the original on 25 December 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Jane's Fighting Ships (2015): page 144
  4. ^ Joe, Rick (25 December 2020). "Hints of Chinese Naval Procurement Plans in the 2020s". The Diplomat.
  5. ^ Wertheim, Eric (June 2020). "China's Multipurpose FFG". Proceedings. 146 (6). U.S. Naval Institute. 0041798X.
  6. ^ Schwartz (2015): page 28
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference collins_cost_2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Willett (2019): page 24
  9. ^ Willett (2019): page 26
  10. ^ Tate, Andrew (10 August 2021). "China launches 32nd Type 054A frigate for PLAN". Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference JFS 2023-24 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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