Type 054A frigate
Huanggang (577) in 2020 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | |
| Operators | People's Liberation Army Navy |
| Preceded by | Type 054 frigate |
| Succeeded by | Type 054B frigate |
| Subclasses | Tughril class (Pakistan) |
| Cost | US$348 million (est. 2015) |
| Built | 2005–present |
| In commission | 2008–present |
| Planned | 50 |
| Active | 36 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Frigate |
| Displacement | 3,963 tonnes (full) |
| Length | 134 m (440 ft) |
| Beam | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Draught | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Propulsion | CODAD, 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 27 knots |
| Range | 3,800 nautical miles (4,400 mi; 7,000 km) estimated at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament | |
| Aircraft carried | 1 Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' or Harbin Z-9C |
| Aviation facilities | hangar |
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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; 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.
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; the class was a key component of the PLAN's surface fleet by the late 2010s. 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, although this last batch may be built to the follow-on Type 054B (Jiangkai III) design.