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Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 2 of 2
French frigate Aconit (F 713)larger figure on 0 of 2
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Length
Single source196 metres (643 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Daguan-class troopship | French frigate Aconit (F 713) |
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| Complement | — | 170+; around 6 additional personnel to be embarked on Aconit post-upgrade[source] |
| Power | — | 4 × SEMT Pielstick 12PA6V280 STC2 diesel engines 16,000 kW (21,000 hp )[source] |
| Operators | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] | — |
| In service | 2011 - present[source] | — |
| Completed | — | |
| Active | 2 |
125 m (410 ft 1 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Type | Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"[source] | — |
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| Capacity | 2,500 support personnel[source] | — |
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| Aviation facilities | Medium helicopter deck[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering Company[source] | Naval Group[source] |
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| 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 × helicopter ( Panther or NH90 )[source] |
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| Name | — | Aconit[source] |
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| Namesake | — | French corvette Aconit[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 5 August 1996[source] |
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| Launched | — | 8 June 1997[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 6 June 1999[source] |
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| Renamed | — | laid down as Jauréguiberry , renamed Aconit in 1996[source] |
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| Home port | — | Toulon[source] |
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| Identification | — | Pennant number F 713[source] |
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| Honours and awards | — | Flies the FFL jack in honour of the corvette Aconit Fourragère of the Ordre de la Libération Fourragère of the Croix de Guerre[source] |
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| Status | — | In active service[source] |
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| Class & type | — | La Fayette -class frigate[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | 1 × Air/Surface DRBV 15C sentry radar 1 x SENIT FLF combat management system (replaced previous Thales TAVITAC CMS during 2023 refit) 1 × firing control radar for the 100 mm gun 1 × DRBN34 navigation radar 1 × DRBN34 landing radar 1 x KingKlip Mk 2 hull-mounted sonar (fit during 2023 refit)[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | 1 × Saïgon ARBG 1 radio interceptor 1 × ARBR 21 radar interceptor 2 × Dagaie Mk2 chaff launcher 1 × AN/ SLQ-25 Nixie tugged noise maker 1 × Prairie-Masker noise reduction system 1 × Syracuse II 1 × Inmarsat CANTO anti-torpedo countermeasures (fit during 2023 refit)[source] |
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| Armament | — | Anti-ship 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missiles (upgraded to Block 3c capacity from previous Block 2 capability during 2023 refit) Guns 1 × 100 mm TR automatic gun 2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns CIWS 2 x 6 Sadral launchers with Mistral Mk 3 SAM/SSM (replaced previous Crotale SAM during 2023 refit)[source] |
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| Armour | — | On sensitive areas (munition magazine and control centre)[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | France[source] |
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| Used by | — | French Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified |
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