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The Type 054A class frigates were primarily built for air defense
Entered service 2008
Crew 165 men
Sea endurance ?
Dimensions and displacement
Length 134 m
Beam 16 m
Draught ~ 6 m
Displacement, standard 3 600 tons
Displacement, full load 4 053 tons
Propulsion and speed
Speed at least 28 knots
Range ~ 14 500 km
Propulsion Diesel engines 4 x 7 600 shp (25 320 shp total)
Airwing
Helicopters 1 x Kamov Ka-28 or Harbin Z-9C
Armament
Artillery 1 x PJ26 76-mm gun, 2 x Type 730 30-mm seven-barrel close-in weapon systems
Missiles 32-cell vertical launch system for HQ-16 surface-to-air missiles, 2 x quadruple launchers for YJ-83 anti-ship cruise missiles
Torpedoes 2 x triple 324-mm YU-7 anti-submarine torpedo launchers
Other 2 x six-tube anti-submarine rocket launchers (36 rockets total), 2 x 726-4 eighteen-tube decoy rocket launchers
The Chinese Type 054A class frigate (NATO reporting name Jiangkai II) is an improvement on the existing Type 054 class. Until 2016, 21 of these modern vessels have been commissioned. Three more and under construction and two more planned. Each vessel costs roughly 240 million dollars.
These vessels represent a significant improvement over the Type 054 for several reasons. The Type 054A has a stealthier and lighter main gun, improved Close-In Weapon Systems (CIWS), better sensors, and more Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAMs). In addition, theHQ-16 SAMs fitted on Type 054As have an improved range of 50 km and can attack targets from all angles.
With survival in mind, the Type 054A is a somewhat “stealthy” design built of radar absorbent material with clean lines free of clutter resulting in the least possible radar return. It also possesses two eighteen-tube decoy rocket launchers that fire decoys/chaff to distract guided missiles from their targets.
Vessels of this class were built primarily for with air-defense, although they can perform anti-surface and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) missions. Their radar can track up to 40 targets simultaneously at a maximum range of approximately 120 km.
Located amidships are two quadruple anti-ship/land-attack missile launchers that can attack targets up to 250 km distant. Towards the front is a dual-purpose 76-mm cannon turret, which can fire effectively at 120 rounds per minute at targets 10 km distant. The two CIWS can fire 5 000 rounds per minute at targets 3 km distant.
ASW armament is composed of two torpedo tubes, sonar, ASW rockets with a range of 1 200 m, and a helicopter. Overall, the ship is a highly capable escort, with advanced radar and processing electronics, representing China’s increasing ability to project power in highly dangerous areas.
The Type 054A class has a helipad and hanger that can hold one helicopter: either the 1980s Russian export version of the Ka-27, the Ka-28, or the 1980s Chinese Z-9C helicopter which is developed from the French Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin.
China has deployed ships of this class to the Gulf of Aden for anti-piracy operations, to Libya to rescue Chinese citizens from the war there, and to the Mediterranean Sea to help escort confiscated Syrian chemical weapons.
China has offered Type 054A Frigates to Thailand, Russian, and Malaysia, although no deals have been enacted yet. Thailand declined in favor of two South Korean modified Gwanggaeto the Great class destroyers, primarily because they were half the cost.
Beginning with the 18th unit, there has been an updated model produced with an improved eleven-barrel CIWS and better sonar for submarine detection. This variant is unofficially known as the Type 054A+.
Name Laid down Launched Commissioned Status
Zhou Shan (FFG-529) ? 2006 2008
active, in service
Xu Zhou (FFG-530) ? 2006 2008
active, in service
Heng Yang (FFG-568) ? 2007 2008
active, in service
Huang Shan (FFG-570) ? 2007 2008
active, in service
Yu Lin (FFG-569) ? 2009 2010
active, in service
Yun Cheng (FFG-571) ? 2009 2010
active, in service
Yi Yang (FFG-548) ? 2009 2010
active, in service
Chang Zhou (FFG-549) ? 2010 2011
active, in service
Yan Tai (FFG-538) ? 2010 2011
active, in service
Yan Cheng (FFG-546) ? 2011 2012
active, in service
Heng Shui (FFG-572)
? 2011 2012
active, in service
Liu Zhou (FFG-573)
? 2011 2012
active, in service
Lin Yi (FFG-547)
? 2011 2012
active, in service
Wei Fang (FFG-550)
? 2012 2013
active, in service
San Ya (FFG-574)
? 2012 2013
active, in service
Yue Yang (FFG-575)
? 2012 2013
active, in service
Da Qing (FFG-576)
? 2013 2015
active, in service
Huang Gang (FFG-577)
? 2013 2015
active, in service
Yang Zhou (FFG-578)
? 2013 2015
active, in service
Han Dan (FFG-579)
? 2014 2015
active, in service
Jing Zhou (FFG-532) ? 2015 2016 active, in service
? ? ? ? under construction
? ? ? ? under construction
? ? ? ? under construction
? ? ? ? planned
? ? ? ?
planned
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