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Baden-Württemberg-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 2
Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 2 of 2
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Measured figures
Length
Single source149.52 m (490 ft 7 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Baden-Württemberg-class frigate | Daguan-class troopship |
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| Builders | ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems / Lürssen Peene-Werft , Wolgast[source] | — |
| Operators | German Navy[source] | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Bremen class[source] | — |
| Cost | ca. € 775 million (2007) (equivalent to € 959.81 million in 2021) per ship[source] | — |
| Built | 2011–2022[source] |
196 metres (643 ft)[source]
standard crew: 110
Single source190 (standard crew: 110)[source]
43,000 shp (
Single source43,000 shp (32,000 kW)[source]
CODLAG : 1 × GE LM2500 gas turbine (20 MW (27,000 shp)) 4 × MTU 20V 4000 M53B diesel generators (3.015 MW (4,043 shp)) 2 × Siemens electric-drive motors (4.5 MW (6,000 shp)) 3 × Renk gearboxes : one for each shaft and one to cross-connect the gas turbine to them 2 × Schottel shafts , driving controllable pitch propellers 1 × Jastram bow thruster ((1 MW (1,300 shp))[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| In commission | 2019–present[source] | — |
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| Planned | — |
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| Active |
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| Type | Frigate[source] | Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | Submarine ROVs 4 × 11 m (36 ft) RHIB , capable of more than 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)[source] | — |
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| Capacity | Space for two 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) containers[source] | 2,500 support personnel[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 4 × Hensoldt TRS-4D AESA fixed planar arrays radars 2 × navigation radars from Anschütz (X and S-band) and the INBS Synapsis IFF diver and swimmer detection sonar (no anti-submarine sonar) Laser warning 1 × KORA-18 Combined RADAR and COMMS ESM from GEDIS 2 × MSP 600 video and infrared target tracker 1 × SIMONE 360 degree infrared monitoring Link 11 , Link 16 , Link 22 communications systems[source] | — |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) with 4 launchers ECM[source] | — |
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| Armament | Naval guns: 1 × 127 mm (5") lightweight Otobreda naval gun with guided Vulcano ammunition for land-attack missions (range: more than 100 km (62 mi)) 2 × 27 mm MLG 27 remote-controlled autocannons 5 × 12.7 mm Hitrole -NT remote-controlled machine gun turrets 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns (manually controlled) Close-In Weapon System : 2 × RAM Block II launchers, 21 missiles each Anti-ship missiles : 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles (interim solution until joint sea/land attack Naval Strike Missile becomes available) Non-Lethal: Water cannons[source] | — |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × NH-90 helicopters[source] | Each ship has a medium helicopter deck on its stern, which can accommodate one Changhe Z-8 heavy transport helicopter.[source]Stern helicopter-deck accommodation; not an embarked air-group assertion |
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| Country of origin | Germany[source] | — |
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| In service | — | 2011 - present[source] |
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| Completed | — |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Medium helicopter deck[source] |
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| Manufacturer | — | CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering Company[source] |
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