054/A FFG Thread II

[Tam]

Very good run for 054A ... much more than famous La Fayette-class frigate production run

Which is about like 20 including all variants of La Fayette. Jiangkai class, overall, including subvariants or subclasses, will include Type 054 and C28 frigates, adding five more. The 054B may add 20 to 24 more. The 054 class and its variants will go down as the workhorse of the PLA-N.

Perry class frigates, probably the most numerous in the modern period. More than 70. Next to that is the Soviet Krivak class, including all subclasses, around 40. Then the La Fayette around 20, and the British Type 23 at 16. In my opinion, La Fayette ushered the "stealthy frigate" boom. The purchase of La Fayettes by Taiwan, and then facing them across the Straits, deeply impressed the PRC to create a counterpart that led to the 054s.

 

[Tam]

Forgot to add. Finally going 26 ships for the Type 054A (or 31 for the overall Jiangkai group of ships plus 054 and C28) also means exceeding all the MEKO 200 frigates, which including subclasses, is about 25 and unlike the La Fayette, may still add more in the future.

 

[Jura The idiot]

Dec 2, 2017

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Interviewé par une chaîne de télévision Shanghaïenne, le colonel Shahzad Iqbal, commandant de la frégate PNS Saif, indique que la marine pakistanaise va acquérir les frégates chinoises Type 054A. 25 bâtiments de cette classe sont actuellement en service dans la marine chinoise.

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Interviewed by a Shanghai TV station, the colonel Shahzad Iqbal, Commander of the frigate PNS Saif, indicates that the Pakistan Navy will acquire the Chinese Type 054 A frigates. 25 buildings of this class are currently in service in the Chinese Navy.

now Russians say (

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) Pakistan has ordered one of Type 054A, with the option to order two more

 

[timepass]

Dec 2, 2017
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) Pakistan has ordered one of Type 054A, with the option to order two more

Correction....

The order is for 4.....but Pakistan is looking build 2 in Karachi shipyard out of that 4....yet to be decided.

 

[Tam]

The mast on the alleged Type 054B CGI impression appears based on this. This is located at Wuhan and originally thought to be part of the Type 055 project.

 

[Jura The idiot]

The guided-missile frigate Jingzhou (Hull 532) attached to a destroyer flotilla with the East China Sea Fleet under the PLA Navy fires its main gun at simulated targets during a 5-day live-fire training exercise in waters of the East China Sea from January 10 to 15, 2018. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Wen Zidong)

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Frigate Jingzhou fires depth charges in East China Sea

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but I realized something:
FFG-532

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commissioned only 2016年1月5日
already in drills I mean compare to the USN LCSs

 

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Frigate Jingzhou fires depth charges in East China Sea

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but I realized something:
FFG-532

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commissioned only 2016年1月5日
already in drills I mean compare to the USN LCSs

Well to be fair the LCS still have considerable bugs to iron out, while the Jingzhou is part of a well established production run.

 

[Lethe]

Well to be fair the LCS still have considerable bugs to iron out, while the Jingzhou is part of a well established production run.

The first LCS was commissioned in 2008, the same year as the first 054A. The comparison is fair (if off-topic).

 

[Deleted member 13312]

The first LCS was commissioned in 2008, the same year as the first 054A. The comparison is fair (if off-topic).

True, but the LCS was a revolutionary platform with all sorts of experimental techs and concepts. Whereas the Type 54A was more or less a souped up version of the Lafayette frigate, and it has the advantage of being based on the preceding hull of the Type 54.
If the USN has played it pragmatically and based a new frigate on the hull of the Perry they would have gotten a ship comparable to the Type 54A at less time and perhaps less cost and pain.

 

[Air Force Brat]

True, but the LCS was a revolutionary platform with all sorts of experimental techs and concepts. Whereas the Type 54A was more or less a souped up version of the Lafayette frigate, and it has the advantage of being based on the preceding hull of the Type 54.
If the USN has played it pragmatically and based a new frigate on the hull of the Perry they would have gotten a ship comparable to the Type 54A at less time and perhaps less cost and pain.

Yep!