Daguan-class troopship vs Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate

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Daguan-class troopship

Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Daguan-class troopshipLength

196 m

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Fridtjof Nansen-class frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+46%
Beam+67%

Fridtjof Nansen-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 2

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Measured figures

Head to head

10 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

196m

134m

Length+46%

All recorded figures & sources

196 m

Length

Single source

196 metres (643 ft)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Daguan-class troopship and Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate configuration
Specification	Daguan-class troopship	Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate
Complement	—	120, accommodations for 146^[source]
Power	—	Combined diesel and gas turbine (CODAG) Two BAZAN BRAVO 12V 4.5 MW diesel engines for cruising One GE LM2500 21.5 MW gas turbine for high speed running MAAG gearboxes Two shafts driving controllable pitch propellers Bow Thruster Retractable (Electric) 1 MW Brunvoll Diesel generators 4 × MTU 396 Serie 12V 1250 KVA^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]	Royal Norwegian Navy^[source]
In service	2011 - present^[source]	—
Completed	2

Active	2^[source]	4^[source]

Type	Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"^[source]	Multi-role frigate^[source]

Capacity	2,500 support personnel^[source]	—

Aviation facilities	Medium helicopter deck^[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 × medium-sized ASW helicopter^[source]

Name	—	Fridtjof Nansen class^[source]

Builders	—	Navantia , Ferrol, Spain^[source]

Preceded by	—	Oslo class^[source]

Succeeded by	—	Type 26 frigate^[source]

Cost	—	NOK 21 billion (2003) for 5 units (est.) NOK 4.2 billion (2003) per unit (est.) USD 489 million per unit (est.)^[source]

In commission	—	2006-present^[source]

Lost	—	1 ( Helge Ingstad )^[source]

Retired	—	1 ( Helge Ingstad )^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	—	Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1 F 3D multifunction radar Reutech RSR 210N air/sea surveillance radar Sagem Vigy 20 Electro Optical Director Kongsberg MSI 2005F ASW combat system MRS 2000 hull mounted sonar Captas MK II V1 active/passive towed array sonar 2 × Mark 82 AN/SPG-62 fire-control radar^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	Condor CS-3701 ECM:/ESM: suite Terma DL-12T decoy launcher Loki torpedo countermeasure^[source]

Armament	—	1 or 2 × 8-cell Mk 41 VLS (32 × RIM-162 ESSM ) 8 × Naval Strike Missile SSMs 4 × torpedo tubes for Sting Ray torpedoes Depth charges 1 × 76 mm OTO Melara Super Rapid gun 3 × 12.7 mm Browning M2HB machine gun in Sea Protector mounts 2 × 7.62mm MG 3 machine gun Capabilities for other weapons 2 × LRAD Long Range Acoustic Device^[source]