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Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 2 of 2
Point-class sealift shiplarger figure on 0 of 2
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Length
Single source196 metres (643 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Daguan-class troopship | Point-class sealift ship |
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| Power | — | 2 × MaK 94M43 diesel engines; 21,700 hp (16,182 kW) 2 propellers Bow thruster[source] |
| Operators | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] | Foreland Shipping Ltd (formerly AWSR Ltd)[source] |
| In service | 2011 - present[source] | 2002–present[source] |
| Completed |
193.0 m (633 ft 2 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Active | 4 under contract with the MoD[source] |
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| Type | Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"[source] | Roll-on/roll-off[source] |
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| Capacity | 2,500 support personnel[source] | 2,650 linear metres of space for vehicles 130 armoured vehicles and 60 trucks and ammunition or 8,000 tonnes of vehicles[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Medium helicopter deck[source] | Can carry up to four helicopters including Chinook, Apache, Merlin and Wildcat.[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 | — |
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| Name | — | Point class[source] |
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| Builders | — | Flensburger Schiffbau (4 ships) Harland & Wolff , Belfast (2 ships)[source] |
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| Tonnage | — | 14,200 DWT[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | I-band navigation radar[source] |
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| Notes | — | Sourced from Jane's Fighting Ships 2008–2009 , p. 876[source] |
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