Daguan-class troopship vs Kolkata-class destroyer

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Daguan-class troopship

Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"

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Kolkata-class destroyer

Guided-missile destroyer

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Daguan-class troopshipLength

196 m

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Kolkata-class destroyerLength

163 m

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Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+20%
Beam+61%

Kolkata-class destroyerlarger figure on 0 of 2

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Measured figures

Head to head

11 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

196m

163m

Length+20%

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196 m

Length

Single source

196 metres (643 ft)^[source]

163 m

Length

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Configuration

Details

Daguan-class troopship and Kolkata-class destroyer configuration
Specification	Daguan-class troopship	Kolkata-class destroyer
Power	—	Combined gas and gas system: 4 × Zorya-Mashproekt DT-59 reversible gas turbines producing 16.55MW each^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]	Indian Navy^[source]
In service	2011 - present^[source]	—
Completed	2^[source]	3^[source]
Active	2

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

Capacity	2,500 support personnel^[source]	—

Aviation facilities	Medium helicopter deck^[source]	Dual Enclosed 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	2 × Westland Sea King , Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk or HAL Dhruv helicopters^[source]

Name	—	Kolkata class^[source]

Builders	—	Mazagon Dock Limited^[source]

Preceded by	—	Delhi class^[source]

Succeeded by	—	Visakhapatnam class^[source]

Cost	—	₹ 11,662 crore (equivalent to ₹ 190 billion or US$1.9 billion in 2023) for three ships (FY 2014) ₹ 3,887 crore (equivalent to ₹ 62 billion or US$640 million in 2023) per ship (FY 2014)^[source]

Built	—	2003–2015^[source]

In commission	—	2014–present^[source]

Planned	—	3^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	—	Radar :- IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-band AESA multi-function radar Thales LW-08 D-band air search radar Indra - TASL Lanza-N L-band air surveillance radar (INS Kolkata) Garpun Bal (3TS-25E) radar Sonar :- BEL HUMSA-NG bow sonar BEL Nagin active towed array sonar Combat Suite :- BEL EMCCA Mk4 combat management system^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	BEL Ellora electronic support measures Decoys :- 4 × Kavach decoy launchers 2 × Maareech torpedo-countermeasure systems^[source]

Armament	—	Anti-air warfare :- 4 × 8-cell VLS , for a total of 32 Barak 8 surface-to-air missiles Anti-surface warfare :- 2 × 8-cell VLS, for 16 BrahMos anti-ship missiles Anti-submarine warfare :- 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers Guns :- 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun 4 x AK-630 CIWS^[source]