Daguan-class troopship vs Floréal-class frigate

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Daguan-class troopship

Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"

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ForceTally · AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph · AI-generated · OpenAI output terms · Source ↗ · Modified

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Floréal-class frigate

Frigate

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Daguan-class troopshipLength

196 m

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Floréal-class frigateLength

93.5 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+110%
Beam+100%

Floréal-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 2

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Measured figures

Head to head

11 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

196m

93.5m

Length+110%

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196 m

Length

Single source

196 metres (643 ft)^[source]

93.5 m

Length

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Configuration

Details

Daguan-class troopship and Floréal-class frigate configuration
Specification	Daguan-class troopship	Floréal-class frigate
Power	—	4 × SEMT Pielstick 6 PA6 L280 BPC diesel engines 6,580 kW (8,820 hp ) 2 shafts, 1 × 203 kW (272 hp) bow thruster^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]	French Navy Royal Moroccan Navy^[source]
In service	2011 - present^[source]	—
Completed	2^[source]	6 (France) 2 (Morocco)^[source]
Active	2

Type	Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Capacity	2,500 support personnel^[source]	—

Aviation facilities	Medium helicopter deck^[source]	Flight deck and hangar^[source]

Manufacturer	CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering Company^[source]	—

Aircraft carried	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	1 Panther helicopter or Dauphin N3 (replaced former Aérospatiale Alouette III on some ships in 2022).^[source]

Name	—	Floréal class^[source]

Builders	—	Chantiers de l'Atlantique , Saint-Nazaire^[source]

Preceded by	—	D'Estienne d'Orves class^[source]

Succeeded by	—	La Fayette class ; European Patrol Corvette (planned from c. 2034)^[source]

In commission	—	1992–present^[source]

Troops	—	24 marines^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	—	DRBV-21C (Mars) air sentry radar Racal Decca RM1290 navigation radar Racal Decca RM1290 landing radar^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	ARBG-1A Saïgon 2 Dagaie decoy systems^[source]

Armament	—	2 Exocet MM38 missiles (originally fitted; now removed) 1 × 100 mm CADAM turret with Najir fire control system 2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns 2 x 2 Manually-operated SIMBAD/Mistral point defence SAM^[source]