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BWarships
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Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 2 of 2
French frigate Chevalier Paullarger figure on 0 of 2
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Measured figures
Length
Single source196 metres (643 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Daguan-class troopship | French frigate Chevalier Paul |
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| Power | — | 2 × 31280 HP GE/Avio LM2500 gas turbines 2 × 5875 HP SEMT Pielstick 12 PA6 STC diesels 1 × beam propeller 2 × 4-blade propellers[source] |
| Operators | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] | — |
| In service | 2011 - present[source] | — |
| Completed | — | |
| Active | — | |
| Type | Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship" |
152.87 m (501 ft 7 in)[source]
officers 110 petty officers 38 sailors
Single source26 officers 110 petty officers 38 sailors[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Capacity | 2,500 support personnel[source] | 32 passengers or admiral staff[source] |
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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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| 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 × NH90 helicopter[source] |
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| Name | — | Chevalier Paul[source] |
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| Namesake | — | Chevalier Paul[source] |
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| Ordered | — | 27 October 2000[source] |
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| Builder | — | DCNS and Thales Group . Lorient shipyard[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 13 January 2005[source] |
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| Launched | — | 12 July 2006[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | June 2009[source] |
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| Home port | — | Toulon[source] |
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| Identification | — | Pennant number : D 621 MMSI number : 228722000[source] |
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| Status | — | Active[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Horizon-class frigate[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | EDO, 20-seat EFRC, Hurricane 733[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | S-1850 LRR tri-dimensional sentry radar with IFF ABF TUS 4110 CL hull sonar Tugged linear antenna with Alto torpedo detector[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | Radar jammer Communication jammer NGDS system (2 decoy launchers, REM, RIR, LAD) Contralto system (2 acoustic decoy launchers).[source] |
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| Armament | — | Anti-air; 1 × PAAMS (48 × Aster 15 or 30 anti-air missiles in SYLVER A50 VLS.) For but not with: [1 × Sadral launcher with 6 Mistral missiles] space on starboard roof of hangar Anti-ship; 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missiles (Block 3c variant entering service with the French Navy from December 2022) Anti-submarine; 2 × MU90 torpedo tubes Guns; 2 × Otobreda 76 mm super rapid guns 3 × Narwhal 20 mm remote-controlled naval gun[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | France[source] |
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| Used by | — | French Marine Nationale[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified |
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