Daguan-class troopship vs Halifax-class frigate

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Daguan-class troopship

Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"

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Halifax-class frigate

Guided-missile 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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Halifax-class frigateLength

134.1 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+46%
Beam+71%

Halifax-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 2

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Measured figures

Head to head

11 of 29 rows sourced on both sides

196m

134m

Length+46%

All recorded figures & sources

196 m

Length

Single source

196 metres (643 ft)^[source]

134.1 m

Length

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Configuration

Details

Daguan-class troopship and Halifax-class frigate configuration
Specification	Daguan-class troopship	Halifax-class frigate
Power	—	CODOG 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, generating 47,500 shp (35,400 kW) 1 × SEMT Pielstick 20PA6V280 diesel engine, generating 8,800 shp (6,600 kW) 1 × Royal de Schelde cross-connect gearbox 2 × Escher Wyss controllable pitch propellers 4 × 830 kW Hitzinger generators driven by 4 × C32 ACERT Caterpillar engines^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]	Royal Canadian Navy^[source]
In service	2011 - present^[source]	—
Completed	2^[source]	12^[source]

Active	2^[source]	12^[source]

Type	Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"^[source]	Guided-missile frigate^[source]

Capacity	2,500 support personnel^[source]	—

Aviation facilities	Medium helicopter deck^[source]	Landing pad with recovery assist, secure and traverse system (RAST) 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 × CH-148 Cyclone helicopter armed with: 2 × Mk 54 lightweight torpedoes 1 × C6 FLEX 7.62 mm (0.30 in) GPMG^[source]

Name	—	Halifax class^[source]

Builders	—	Saint John Shipbuilding Ltd. , Saint John MIL Davie Shipbuilding , Lauzon^[source]

Preceded by	—	Annapolis class^[source]

Succeeded by	—	River class^[source]

Built	—	1987–1996^[source]

In commission	—	1992–present^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	—	Combat management system: Lockheed Martin Canada CMS 330 with integrated Saab 9LV Mk 4 elements Air/Surface search and surveillance radars: Saab Sea Giraffe AMB 3D and Thales SMART-S Mk 2 3D Fire control radar : 2 × Saab CEROS-200 Integrated platform management system: L3 MAPPS IPMS Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) System: Telephonics Mk XII Electro-optical infrared search and track system: DRS Canada and Thales Nederland Sirius Tactical data link: SATCOM Link 11 , Link 16 , Link 22 Active/Passive sonar : GDMS-Canada AN/SQS-510 hull mounted sonar Towed array sonar : GDMS-Canada TLFAS (variable depth) Sonobuoy processing system: GDMS-Canada AN/UYS-503^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	Countermeasure dispensing system: 3 × TKWA/MASS Electronic warfare suite: AN/SLQ-503 RAMSES (4 × RAMSES radomes ) Signals intelligence COMINT and SIGINT Suite: Southwest Research Institute AN/SRD-506 Electronic support measure: Elisra NS9003A-V2HC Inflatable decoy system: Surface Off-Board Passive Decoy (SOPD) Towed torpedo countermeasure: Argon ST AN/SLQ-25 Nixie^[source]

Armament	—	2 × quad Mk 141 canisters for 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon block II missiles AShM/LAM 2 × 8-cell Mk 48 vertical launch system (VLS) firing 16 × RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow block II SAM/SSM 1 × Bofors 57 mm (2.2 in) Mk 3 gun 1 × Phalanx CIWS (Mk 15 Mod 21 (Block 1B)) 4 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2HQ Mini Typhoon remote weapon stations 2 × twin 324 mm (12.8 in) Mk 32 torpedo tubes for 24 × Honeywell Mk 46 Mod 5 torpedoes^[source]