Daguan-class troopship vs Petya-class frigate

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Daguan-class troopship

Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"

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Petya-class frigate

Frigate

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Daguan-class troopshipLength

196 m

Length source ↗

Petya-class frigateLength

81.8 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+140%
Beam+204%

Petya-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

9 of 27 rows sourced on both sides

196m

81.8m

Length+140%

All recorded figures & sources

196 m

Length

Single source

196 metres (643 ft)^[source]

81.8 m

Length

Single source

81.8 m (268 ft 4 in)^[source]

28m

9.2m

Beam+204%

All recorded figures & sources

28 m

Beam

Single source

28 metres (92 ft)^[source]

9.2 m

Beam

Single source

9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)^[source]

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2.9m

Draught

All recorded figures & sources

2.9 m

Draught

Single source

2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)^[source]

23,200–30,000tonnesfull

950 tons (standard) 1,150 tons (full load)

Displacement

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]

950 tons (standard) 1,150 tons (full load)^[source]

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Complement

All recorded figures & sources

90 people

Complement

Single source

90^[source]

33km/hMaximum

56km/hMaximum; Speed

SpeedScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

33.336 km/h

Maximum

Single source

18 knots^[source]Maximum

56 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)^[source]

14,816kmUnspecified

9,020kmat 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)

RangeScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

14,816 km

Unspecified

Single source

8,000 nautical miles^[source]Unspecified

9,020 km

at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)

Single source

830 km

at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)

Single source

4,870 nautical miles (9,020 km; 5,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) 450 nautical miles (830 km; 520 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 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 Petya-class frigate configuration
Specification	Daguan-class troopship	Petya-class frigate
Power	—	2 shaft CODAG 2 gas turbines - 30,000 hp (22,000 kW) 1 diesel - 6,000 hp (4,500 kW)^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]	Soviet Navy (historical) Azerbaijani Navy Egyptian Navy (former) Ethiopian Navy (former) Indian Navy (former) Syrian Navy (former) Ukrainian Navy (former) Vietnam People's Navy^[source]
In service	2011 - present^[source]	—
Completed	2^[source]	54^[source]
Active	2^[source]	6^[source]
Type	Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"^[source]	Frigate^[source]
Capacity	2,500 support personnel^[source]	—
Aviation facilities	Medium helicopter deck^[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	—
Name	—	Petya class (Project 159)^[source]
Preceded by	—	Riga class^[source]
Succeeded by	—	Mirka class^[source]
Subclasses	—	Arnala -class corvettes^[source]
Laid up	—	1 (uncertain)^[source]
Retired	—	48^[source]
Sensors & processing systems	—	Radar Don-2 Slim Net Hawk Screech Sonar - Herkules hull mounted & dipping sonar^[source]
Armament	—	4 76 mm (3 in) guns (2x2) 4 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers (2 in some ships) 5 406 mm (16 in) anti-submarine torpedo tubes (10 tubes in some ships) export version had 1x3 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes^[source]
Country of origin	—	Soviet Union^[source]Inventory Origin column; table 2, row 4, cell 6; revision 1377745376; retrieved 2026-09-30

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Daguan-class troopship

Petya-class frigate

Power

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2 shaft CODAG 2 gas turbines - 30,000 hp (22,000 kW) 1 diesel - 6,000 hp (4,500 kW)^[source]

Operators

People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]

Soviet Navy (historical) Azerbaijani Navy Egyptian Navy (former) Ethiopian Navy (former) Indian Navy (former) Syrian Navy (former) Ukrainian Navy (former) Vietnam People's Navy^[source]

In service

2011 - present^[source]

—

Completed

2^[source]

54^[source]

Active

2^[source]

6^[source]

Type

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

Frigate^[source]

Capacity

2,500 support personnel^[source]

—

Aviation facilities

Medium helicopter deck^[source]

—

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

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Name

—

Petya class (Project 159)^[source]

Preceded by

—

Riga class^[source]

Succeeded by

—

Mirka class^[source]

Subclasses

—

Arnala -class corvettes^[source]

Laid up

—

1 (uncertain)^[source]

Retired

—

48^[source]

Sensors & processing systems

—

Radar Don-2 Slim Net Hawk Screech Sonar - Herkules hull mounted & dipping sonar^[source]

Armament

—

4 76 mm (3 in) guns (2x2) 4 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers (2 in some ships) 5 406 mm (16 in) anti-submarine torpedo tubes (10 tubes in some ships) export version had 1x3 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes^[source]

Country of origin

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Soviet Union^[source]Inventory Origin column; table 2, row 4, cell 6; revision 1377745376; retrieved 2026-09-30