China has delivered two more naval frigates – Type 054A/P frigates – to the Pakistan Navy in addition to the two delivered earlier, completing the order for four ships.
Earlier in June 2018, Pakistan had signed a contract with the China Shipbuilding Trading Company Ltd. (CSTC) for the delivery of two Type-054 A/P frigates in 2017.
A deal for two more additional frigates was signed in June 2018. The terms of the deal and the price of the ships were not revealed.
As of now, all four warships of this class have been commissioned into the Pakistan Navy.
These vessels will be used to safeguard the seas of the China-Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC).
About Type 054A Frigates
These are multi-role frigate of Chinese origin, equipped with state-of-the-art weapons and sensors. They have a length of 134 meters, a beam of 16 meters for a displacement of 4,000 tons.
Further, they have a crew complement of 165 sailors and are fitted with a H/PJ-26 76mm main gun, 2×4 CM302 anti-ship missiles, 32x VLS cells for HQ-16 surface-to-air missiles, 2x Type 730 30mm CIWS, 2x Triple Torpedo launchers.
The Type 054A frigates operational in China feature a Type 382 radar which shares a close resemblance with the Russian MR-710 Fregat radar.
However, in the Navy frigates delivered to Pakistan, they are equipped with SR2410C radar.
