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{{Short description|Class of Chinese guided-missile frigates}}
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{{Infobox ship class overview
| Class name = Type 054B frigate
| Builders = *Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard
*Huangpu Shipyard
| Operators = *{{navy|CHN}}
| Class before = [[Engineering:Type 054A frigate|Type 054A frigate]]
| Class after = 
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| Total ships building = 2<ref name="navalnews2"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3227841/china-appears-be-readying-2-advanced-warships-launch-adding-muscle-aircraft-carrier-group|title=China appears to be readying 2 advanced warships for launch, adding muscle to aircraft carrier group|date=16 July 2023|access-date=27 August 2023|website=South China Morning Post}}</ref>
| Total ships planned = 
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
| Ship type = [[Engineering:Frigate|Frigate]]
| Ship displacement = 6,000 tons<ref name="navalnews1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/01/chinas-type-054b-next-gen-frigate-under-construction/|title=China’s Type 054B Next-Gen Frigate Under Construction?|date=30 January 2023|access-date=27 August 2023|website=navalnews.com}}</ref><ref name="navalnews2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/07/china-new-type-054b-frigates-break-cover-at-two-shipyards/|title=China’s New Type 054B Frigates Break Cover At Two Shipyards|date=15 July 2023|access-date=27 August 2023|website=navalnews.com}}</ref>
| Ship length = {{convert|147|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="navalnews1"/><ref name="navalnews2"/>
| Ship beam = {{convert|18|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="navalnews1"/><ref name="navalnews2"/>
| Ship draught = 
| Ship propulsion = * CODAD
* 4 × CS16V27 diesels ({{convert|7.28|MW|abbr=on}} each) 
* Total: {{convert|29.12|MW|shp|abbr=on|lk=on}}
| Ship speed = 
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| Ship armament = *1 × 100 mm H/PJ-87
*1 × 30 mm [[Engineering:Type 730 CIWS#Type 1130|H/PJ-11]] CIWS
*1 × [[Engineering:HQ-10|HQ-10]] [[Engineering:Surface-to-air missile|surface-to-air missile]] launcher
*1 × 32-cell H/AKJ-16 VLS
** [[Engineering:HQ-16#HQ-16FE|HQ-16FE]] surface-to-air missiles
*2 x 8 YJ-83 anti-ship missiles
*2 × 3 324mm ASW [[Engineering:Torpedo|torpedo]] launchers
| Ship aircraft = 
| Ship aircraft facilities = hangar
}}
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The '''Type 054B''' is a class of guided-missile [[Engineering:Frigate|frigate]] under construction for the People's Republic of China. It is a development of the [[Engineering:Type 054A frigate|Type 054A frigate]], and is around 50% larger than its predecessor.<ref name="first_frigate_launch"></ref>

Two Type 054B frigates are confirmed to be under construction. The first was launched in August 2023,<ref name="first_frigate_launch">{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/08/first-new-type-054b-frigate-for-chinese-navy-launched-in-shanghai/|title=First New Generation Frigate For Chinese Navy Launched In Shanghai|date=29 August 2023|website=navalnews.com}}</ref> and the second followed in around October or November 2023.<ref name="second_frigate_launch">{{cite web |title=China Navy launches second Type 054B frigate at Huangpu Shipyard |url=https://navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2023/november/13746-china-navy-launches-second-type-054b-frigate-at-huangpu-shipyard.html |website=Navy Recognition |access-date=1 January 2024}}</ref>

==Units==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Pennant number
! Name
! Builder
! Launched
! Commissioned
! Fleet
! Status
|-
| 545
| 
| Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard<ref name="navalnews2"/>
| 26 August 2023<ref name="first_frigate_launch"/>
| 
| 
| Sea Trials
|-
| 555
| 
| Huangpu Shipyard<ref name="navalnews2"/>
| 29 October 2023
| 
| 
| Fitting out
|}

==See also==
* [[Engineering:Type 054A frigate|Type 054A frigate]]
* List of ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy

==References==
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