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Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 1 of 1
Kingston-class coastal defence vessellarger figure on 0 of 1
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Length
Single source196 metres (643 ft)[source]
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Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Daguan-class troopship | Kingston-class coastal defence vessel |
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| Operators | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] | Royal Canadian Navy[source] |
| In service | 2011 - present[source] | — |
| Completed | 12[source] | |
| Active |
pp
Single source55.31 m (181 ft 6 in) oa 49 m (160 ft 9 in) pp[source]
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| Type | Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"[source] | Coastal defence vessel[source] |
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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 | AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma UAS[source] |
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| Name | — | Kingston class[source] |
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| Builders | — | Halifax Shipyards Ltd. , Halifax, Nova Scotia[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Anticosti class[source] |
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| Built | — | 1994–1998[source] |
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| In commission | — | 21 September 1996–present[source] |
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| Retired | — |
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| Propulsion | — | 2 × Jeumont DC electric motors 4 × 600 VAC Wärtsilä UD 23V12 diesel engines 2 × Z drive azimuth thrusters[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Kelvin Hughes Nucleus S-band surface search radar Towed high-frequency sidescan sonar Remote-control Mine Hunting System (RMHS) Magnetic degaussing system[source] |
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| Armament | — | 1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 Mk 5C cannon (removed 2014) 1 x Nanuk RCWS 12.7 mm heavy machine gun (trial) 2 × M2 machine guns[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | Canada[source] |
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