Daguan-class troopship vs Kang Ding-class frigate

AWarships

Daguan-class troopship

Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"

AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph

Credit

ForceTally · AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph · AI-generated · OpenAI output terms · Source ↗ · Modified

Kang Ding-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

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Kang Ding-class frigate

General purpose frigate

Credit

ROCN (Republic of China Navy) · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Daguan-class troopshipLength

196 m

Length source ↗

Kang Ding-class frigateLength

125 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+57%
Beam+82%

Kang Ding-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

12 of 27 rows sourced on both sides

196m

125m

Length+57%

All recorded figures & sources

196 m

Length

Single source

196 metres (643 ft)^[source]

125 m

Length

Single source

125 m (410 ft)^[source]

28m

15.4m

Beam+82%

All recorded figures & sources

28 m

Beam

Single source

28 metres (92 ft)^[source]

15.4 m

Beam

Single source

15.4 m (51 ft)^[source]

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4.1m

Draught

All recorded figures & sources

4.1 m

Draught

Single source

4.1 m (13 ft)^[source]

23,200–30,000tonnesfull

3,800tfully loaded

DisplacementScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

23,200–30,000 tonnes

full

Single source

23,200–30,000 tonnes (22,800–29,500 long tons; 25,600–33,100 short tons) (full)^[source]

3,200 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

3,800 tonnes

fully loaded

Single source

3,200 tonnes, 3,800 tonnes fully loaded^[source]

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12officers 68 petty officers 61 men

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

12 people

officers 68 petty officers 61 men

Single source

12 officers 68 petty officers 61 men^[source]

33km/hMaximum

46km/hMaximum; Speed

SpeedScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

33.336 km/h

Maximum

Single source

18 knots^[source]Maximum

46 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph)^[source]

14,816kmUnspecified

17,000kmat 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)

RangeScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

14,816 km

Unspecified

Single source

8,000 nautical miles^[source]Unspecified

17,000 km

at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)

Single source

7,400 km

at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)

Single source

4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Daguan-class troopship and Kang Ding-class frigate configuration
Specification	Daguan-class troopship	Kang Ding-class frigate
Power	—	4 diesel SEMT Pielstick 12PA6V280 STC2, 21,000 hp (16,000 kW)^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]	Republic of China Navy^[source]
In service	2011 - present^[source]	—
Completed	2^[source]	6^[source]
Active	2^[source]	6^[source]
Type	Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"^[source]	General purpose frigate^[source]
Capacity	2,500 support personnel^[source]	350 tonnes of fuel, 80 m³ of kerosene, 60 tonnes of potable water^[source]
Aviation facilities	Medium helicopter deck^[source]	Hangar and helipad^[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 × Sikorsky S-70C (M)^[source]
Name	—	Kang Ding class^[source]
Builders	—	DNCS^[source]
In commission	—	1996–present^[source]
Endurance	—	50 days of food^[source]
Boats & landing craft carried	—	2 × ETN boats^[source]
Sensors & processing systems	—	Thales Tacticos combat data system (was upgraded with a Thales SENIT combat management system) 1 x DRBV-26D Jupiter-II two-dimensional air search radar 1 x Poseidon Triton G search radar (was upgraded with a Type 997 Artisan radar ) 1 x Najir photoelectric director (was upgraded with a SAFRAN PASEO NS Photoelectric tracking system) 2 x Thales Castor-2C I/J fire control radar Alose Sonar System Thomson Marconi TSM-2633 Spherion-10B active/passive bow sonar Thomson Marconi ATAS(V)3 towed active/passive array sonar suite (including VDS active variable depth sonar and Lamproie towed passive array sonar) was upgraded with a Thales CAPTAS-1 Towed Active/Passive Array Sonar^[source]
Armament	—	；Before upgrading Anti-ship; 8 × Hsiung Feng II anti-ship missiles 1 x MIM-72 Chaparral 2 x Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes Guns; 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm 2 × Bofors 40 mm L70 guns CIWS; 1 × Phalanx CIWS ；After Combat system performance improvement Project Anti-ship; 8 × Hsiung Feng II anti-ship missile 8 x cell Hua Yang VLS (32 quad-packed TC-2N missile ) 2 x Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes Guns; 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm 2 × Bofors 40 mm L70 gun CIWS; 1 × Phalanx CIWS^[source]
Armour	—	On sensitive areas (munition magazine and control centre)^[source]
Country of origin	—	France^[source]

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Daguan-class troopship

Kang Ding-class frigate

Power

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4 diesel SEMT Pielstick 12PA6V280 STC2, 21,000 hp (16,000 kW)^[source]

Operators

People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]

Republic of China Navy^[source]

In service

2011 - present^[source]

—

Completed

Active

Type

Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"^[source]

General purpose frigate^[source]

Capacity

2,500 support personnel^[source]

350 tonnes of fuel, 80 m³ of kerosene, 60 tonnes of potable water^[source]

Aviation facilities

Medium helicopter deck^[source]

Hangar and helipad^[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 × Sikorsky S-70C (M)^[source]

Name

—

Kang Ding class^[source]

Builders

—

DNCS^[source]

In commission

—

1996–present^[source]

Endurance

—

50 days of food^[source]

Boats & landing craft carried

—

2 × ETN boats^[source]

Sensors & processing systems

—

Thales Tacticos combat data system (was upgraded with a Thales SENIT combat management system) 1 x DRBV-26D Jupiter-II two-dimensional air search radar 1 x Poseidon Triton G search radar (was upgraded with a Type 997 Artisan radar ) 1 x Najir photoelectric director (was upgraded with a SAFRAN PASEO NS Photoelectric tracking system) 2 x Thales Castor-2C I/J fire control radar Alose Sonar System Thomson Marconi TSM-2633 Spherion-10B active/passive bow sonar Thomson Marconi ATAS(V)3 towed active/passive array sonar suite (including VDS active variable depth sonar and Lamproie towed passive array sonar) was upgraded with a Thales CAPTAS-1 Towed Active/Passive Array Sonar^[source]

Armament

—

；Before upgrading Anti-ship; 8 × Hsiung Feng II anti-ship missiles 1 x MIM-72 Chaparral 2 x Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes Guns; 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm 2 × Bofors 40 mm L70 guns CIWS; 1 × Phalanx CIWS ；After Combat system performance improvement Project Anti-ship; 8 × Hsiung Feng II anti-ship missile 8 x cell Hua Yang VLS (32 quad-packed TC-2N missile ) 2 x Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes Guns; 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm 2 × Bofors 40 mm L70 gun CIWS; 1 × Phalanx CIWS^[source]

Armour

—

On sensitive areas (munition magazine and control centre)^[source]

Country of origin

—

France^[source]