Daguan-class troopship vs Niterói-class frigate

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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

Niterói-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

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Niterói-class frigate

Frigate

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Marinha do Brasil · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Daguan-class troopshipLength

196 m

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Niterói-class frigateLength

129.2 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 2 of 3

Length+52%
Beam+107%

Niterói-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 3

Speed+68%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

11 of 29 rows sourced on both sides

196m

129m

Length+52%

All recorded figures & sources

196 m

Length

Single source

196 metres (643 ft)^[source]

129.2 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Daguan-class troopship and Niterói-class frigate configuration
Specification	Daguan-class troopship	Niterói-class frigate
Power	—	Combined diesel or gas , two shafts 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-3B gas turbines 42000 kW (56000 hp ) combined 4 × MTU 16V 956 TB91 diesel engines 13000 kW (17000 hp ) combined^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]	Brazilian Navy^[source]
In service	2011 - present^[source]	—
Completed	2^[source]	7^[source]
Active	2

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

Capacity	2,500 support personnel^[source]	—

Aviation facilities	Medium helicopter deck^[source]	Helipad and 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	Westland Super Lynx Mk.21B helicopter^[source]

Name	—	Niterói class, Mk10^[source]

Builders	—	Vosper Thornycroft Rio de Janeiro Navy Arsenal^[source]

Succeeded by	—	Tamandaré class^[source]

Built	—	1972–1986^[source]

In commission	—	1976–present^[source]

Retired	—	1^[source]

Endurance	—	45 days^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	—	Modernized; Alenia RAN-20S air search radar Terma Scanter surface search radar Orion RTN-30X fire control radar Saab EOS-400 optronic director Krupp Atlas EDO-610E hull mounted sonar SICONTA Mk 2 C3I system^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	Modernized; Cutlass B1W ESM ET/SQL-1 ECM 12 × 102 mm decoy launchers^[source]

Armament	—	Modernized; 1 × Albatros launcher for 8 Aspide surface-to-air missiles 1 × 113 mm Mark 8 gun 2 × Bofors 40 mm guns 2 × twin launchers for Exocet anti-ship missiles 2 × triple torpedo tubes for Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × double-barrel Bofors Boroc anti-submarine rockets^[source]