The first domestically produced 054B frigate.
Recently, there were rumors that the 054A frigate will continue to be built in large quantities, and the number may exceed 40 units. This news is heartening, as it shows that the demand for this model is still high in the Navy. The Hudong Shipyard will undertake half of the construction work, while the other half will be undertaken by the Huangpu Shipyard. It is reported that the Hudong Shipyard has purchased 20 sets of equipment for ships and is ready for large-scale construction.
The 054A has a mature design and is suitable for rapid batch construction in a short period of time. This feature also made it the main frigate of the Navy for a short time. At the same time, the 054B frigate may not be built in large quantities in a short time, but only a transitional model. This means that until the 054B batch is built, the 054A will remain the lead frigate of the Navy.
Further refinement of the design may be required for subsequent construction plans. After all, this is a large replacement model, and the number of subsequent builds will definitely be relatively large, and it will take time to fully perfect. It is believed that in the near future we will see more new models of corvettes playing an important role in the Navy.
The chimney of the first 054 and the second were of a different design.
We have already delved into ** before, and there are slight differences in the design of the first and second ships of the Type 054B frigate. There is a difference in displacement between the first 054B built at the Hudong Shipyard and the second 054B built at the Huangpu Shipyard. The first 054b had a draft of 655 meters, while the draft of the second 054B reached 69 meters. In addition, the chimney design of the two ships also has its own merits, showing different characteristics. If you look closely, you'll notice that some of their window openings are not exactly the same in shape and position, and even the location and number of vent covers are different.
The number and location of some of the cooling windows and vents of the second 054B were different.
This situation may be the same as for Class 054. The 054 class was also experimental, with only two ships built. They are the 525 Ma'anshan ship and the 526 Wenzhou ship. Moreover, the design of these two 054s is very different from the subsequent 054A built in large quantities. And it was also built by Hudong Shipyard and Huangpu Shipyard respectively.
054 frigate.
The 054 did not use a vertical launch system, and its anti-aircraft missiles were eight-pack Haihongqi-7 anti-aircraft missiles. The naval gun is a H PJ-87 single-barreled 55 times diameter 100mm naval gun, which is improved on the basis of the introduction of the French T100C compact naval gun. The 054A, on the other hand, uses a 32-cell vertical launch system. Moreover, the difference between the radars of 054 and 054A is also relatively large, and 054 is not equipped with 366** radars on 054A and supporting collaborative data links. The top of the 054 mast is equipped with a Type 363S air-sea search radar, while the 054A is replaced with a roof radar. The displacement of the 054A is slightly larger than that of the 054, and the hull profile of the 054A is also slightly larger. However, the power of the two is the same, and the power used is four sets of 4 authorized production of Piertic 16PA6V280STC medium-speed diesel engines, with 2 sets of MTU-396 diesel generator sets.
054A frigate.
So judging from the current situation, the first two 054B may be a transitional model. The design scheme of the first 054b and the second 054b is not exactly the same. The difference may be ** and the powertrain. It is possible that the second 054B will use a universal vertical haircut, and the power will be different from that of the first 054B. The power of the first 054B can already be determined to be four diesel engines. The power of the second ship may be diesel-fuel combined power, and it will be an all-electric propulsion mode. Of course, whether this guess is correct or not remains to be confirmed.
**10,000 Powder Incentive Program All-electric propulsion system.
Perhaps the current application of all-electric propulsion technology on destroyers is not yet fully mature, and it will take some time to optimize. Therefore, I was not sure, so I developed two different power plans, tested and perfected. This approach may be similar to what 054 did in that it started with two experimental platform ships, with different ** and power. After thorough testing, the decision on which option to adopt may even be borrowed from the design of the previous stealth test platform ship, and the shape design of the 054B will be greatly modified to further enhance the stealth performance of the 054B before large-scale construction begins.