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Home» News»Chinese Shipyard Launches 2nd Type 054 A/P Frigate For Pakistan Navy
Chinese Shipyard Launches 2nd Type 054 AP Frigate For Pakistan Navy
The second Type 054 A/P frigate for Pakistan was launched today at the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai.

Chinese Shipyard Launches 2nd Type 054 A/P Frigate For Pakistan Navy

China's Hudong Zhonghua launched the second Type 054 A/P Frigate for Pakistan Navy today. This is the second of four vessels on order by Pakistan.

Xavier Vavasseur 29 Jan 2021

Pakistan signed a first contract for the delivery two Type 054 A/P frigates in 2017. An additional contract for two more ships was announced in June 2018. The first-in-class frigate was launched in August 2020. The keel laying for the second vessel took place in March 2020. Steel cutting for the final two ships took place in November 2019. All four units are set to be built in China and delivered to the customer by year end.

The first ship-in-class is still at fitting out stage and is fitted with a SR2410C radar. Note that the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard, on the same day, also launched the third Type 075 LHD for the PLAN.

About Type 054A and Type 054 A/P

Chinese Shipyard Launches 1st Type 054 AP Frigate for Pakistan Navy
Launch of the first Type 054 A/P

The Type 054A is a multi-role frigate and is recognized as the backbone of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) fleet of surface combatants with 30 vessels in commission. They have a length of 134 meters, a beam of 16 meters for a displacement of 4,000 tons. They have a crew complement of 165 sailors and are fitted with:

  • a H/PJ-26 76mm main gun
  • 8 C803 anti-ship missiles
  • 32x VLS cells for HQ-16 surface to air missiles
  • 2x Type 730 30mm CIWS
  • 2x Triple Torpedo launchers

In the PLAN, the those frigates feature a Type 382 radar which shares a close resemblance with the Russian MR-710 Fregat radar. Unlike the Pakistan Navy variant, the Type 054A in Chinese Navy service do not feature a long range / metric wave radar.

China Launches Type 054 A/P frigate for Pakistan and the third Type 075 LHD for the PLAN
The second Type 054 A/P frigate for Pakistan and the third Type 075 LHD for the PLAN were launched today at the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai.

According to the Pakistan Navy, the Type-054 A/P ships are state of the art frigates equipped with modern surface, subsurface and anti air weapons and sensors. Once constructed, these ships will be the most technologically advanced platforms of Pakistan Navy which will strengthen its capability to meet future challenges and maintain peace, stability & power equilibrium in the Indian Ocean Region.

The Pakistan Navy is currently undertaking an important renewal of its fleet, with the procurement of several modern platforms: In addition to these frigates from China, Pakistan will also commission new corvettes from Turkey and OPV from the Netherlands. It is also modernizing its submarine force.

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Posted by : Xavier Vavasseur
Xavier is based in Paris, France. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). Xavier has been covering naval defense topics for nearly a decade.

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