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Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 2 of 2
German frigate Hessenlarger figure on 0 of 2
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Length
Single source196 metres (643 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Daguan-class troopship | German frigate Hessen |
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| Power | — | CODAG (combined diesel and gas) 2 propeller shafts , controllable-pitch propellers 2 MTU V20 diesel engines , 7.4 MW each 1 General Electric LM2500 gas turbine[source] |
| Operators | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] | — |
| In service | 2011 - present[source] | — |
| Completed | — | |
| Active | — | |
| Type | Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship" |
143 m (469 ft 2 in)[source]
crew + 13 aircrew
Single source230 crew + 13 aircrew[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] | — |
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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 | 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88A or 2 NH90 helicopters equipped with torpedoes, air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua , and/or heavy machine gun.[source] |
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| Name | — | Hessen[source] |
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| Builder | — | Nordseewerke , Emden[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 14 September 2001[source] |
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| Launched | — | 26 July 2003[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 21 April 2006[source] |
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| Identification | — | Pennant number : F221 MMSI number : 211906000 Call sign : DRAC[source] |
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| Status | — | Active[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Sachsen -class frigate[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | 1 Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar ( D band ) 1 Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar ( I band ) 1 Thales Nederland Sirius IRST long-range infrared surveillance and tracking system ( fitted for but not with ) 2 STN Atlas 9600-M multi-function I / J band ARPA radars 1 STN Atlas MSP 500 electro-optical fire control system 1 STN Atlas DSQS-24B bow sonar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | 1 FL 1800 S II ECM suite 6 Sippican Hycor SRBOC launcher[source] |
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| Armament | — | 1 OTO-Melara 76 mm dual-purpose gun 2 Mauser MLG 27 27 mm autocannons 1 MK. 41 VLS Tactical with 32 cells for 24 SM-2 Block IIIA and 32 RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packs per cell) surface-to-air missiles 2 RAM launchers with 21 surface-to-air/ CIWS -missiles each 2 quadruple Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers 2 triple torpedo launchers with EuroTorp MU90 Impact torpedoes[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | Germany[source]German frigate Hessen · Origin cell explicitly spans the exact named-ship row in the current inventory; not inherited from a separate class specification |
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| Used by | — | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified |
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