Daguan-class troopship vs Romanian frigate Mărășești

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Daguan-class troopship

Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"

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Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Daguan-class troopshipLength

196 m

Length source ↗

Romanian frigate MărășeștiLength

144.6 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+36%
Beam+89%
Displacement+359%

Romanian frigate Mărășeștilarger figure on 0 of 3

None

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

Measured figures

Head to head

6 of 33 rows sourced on both sides

196m

145m

Length+36%

All recorded figures & sources

196 m

Length

Single source

196 metres (643 ft)^[source]

144.6 m

Length

Single source

144.6 m (474 ft 5 in)^[source]

28m

14.8m

Beam+89%

All recorded figures & sources

28 m

Beam

Single source

28 metres (92 ft)^[source]

14.8 m

Beam

Single source

14.8 m (48 ft 7 in)^[source]

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4.9m

Draught

All recorded figures & sources

4.9 m

Draught

Single source

4.9 m (16 ft 1 in)^[source]

23,200–30,000tonnesfull

5,790tfull

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]

5,790 tonnes

full

Single source

4,754 tonnes

standard

Single source

4,754 t (4,679 long tons) standard 5,790 t (5,700 long tons) full^[source]

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233

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

233 people

Complement

Single source

233^[source]

33km/hMaximum

50km/hMaximum; Speed

SpeedScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

33.336 km/h

Maximum

Single source

18 knots^[source]Maximum

50 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)^[source]

14,816kmUnspecified

5,200kmat 12 knots (22 km/h)

RangeScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

14,816 km

Unspecified

Single source

8,000 nautical miles^[source]Unspecified

5,200 km

at 12 knots (22 km/h)

Single source

2,800 nautical miles (5,200 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)^[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 Romanian frigate Mărășești configuration
Specification	Daguan-class troopship	Romanian frigate Mărășești
Power	—	4 × Diesel engines , 8,440 bhp (6,290 kW)^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]	—
In service	2011 - present^[source]	—
Completed	2^[source]	—
Active	2^[source]	—
Type	Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"^[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	1 × IAR 330 Puma Naval MQ-35A V-BAT UAV^[source]
Name	—	Mărășești^[source]
Namesake	—	Battle of Mărășești^[source]
Builder	—	2 May Naval Shipyard , Mangalia^[source]
Laid down	—	7 August 1979^[source]
Launched	—	4 June 1981^[source]
Commissioned	—	3 June 1985 (entry to service) 2 August 1986 (official ceremony)^[source]
Renamed	—	Muntenia (1986–1990) Timișoara (1990)^[source]
Home port	—	Constanța^[source]
Identification	—	Pennant number : F111 MMSI number : 264800052 MarineTraffic ID : 6269111 Callsign :YQXB^[source]
Status	—	In active service^[source]
Class & type	—	Frigate^[source]
Sensors & processing systems	—	MR-302 Rubka surveillance and target detection radar Garpun-E target detection radar MR-105 Turiel fire control radar MR-123 Wympiel fire control radar MG-322 Argun′ sonar Racal Decca navigation radar^[source]
Armament	—	2 × twin 76 mm (3.0 in) AK-726 guns 4 × single 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-630M CIWS 4 × double launchers for P-15M (SS-N-2C) anti-ship missiles 2 × 12-barrel 213 mm (8.4 in) RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers 2 × triple 533 mm torpedo tubes Mines^[source]
Country of origin	—	Romania^[source]
Design and equipment origin context	—	The ship's design was to be the work of Romanian engineers only, without the participation of foreign specialists. Systems which could not be developed independently, or licences acquired, were predominantly procured from the Soviet Union. All weapon systems and electronic equipment were of Soviet origin, though still not modern due to the Soviet export policies on individual system sales. The choice of diesel propulsion, provided again by the Soviet Union, was also not optimal for a ship of this size.^[source]

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Daguan-class troopship

Romanian frigate Mărășești

Power

—

4 × Diesel engines , 8,440 bhp (6,290 kW)^[source]

Operators

People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]

—

In service

2011 - present^[source]

—

Completed

2^[source]

—

Active

2^[source]

—

Type

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

1 × IAR 330 Puma Naval MQ-35A V-BAT UAV^[source]

Name

—

Mărășești^[source]

Namesake

—

Battle of Mărășești^[source]

Builder

—

2 May Naval Shipyard , Mangalia^[source]

Laid down

—

7 August 1979^[source]

Launched

—

4 June 1981^[source]

Commissioned

—

3 June 1985 (entry to service) 2 August 1986 (official ceremony)^[source]

Renamed

—

Muntenia (1986–1990) Timișoara (1990)^[source]

Home port

—

Constanța^[source]

Identification

—

Pennant number : F111 MMSI number : 264800052 MarineTraffic ID : 6269111 Callsign :YQXB^[source]

Status

—

In active service^[source]

Class & type

—

Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems

—

MR-302 Rubka surveillance and target detection radar Garpun-E target detection radar MR-105 Turiel fire control radar MR-123 Wympiel fire control radar MG-322 Argun′ sonar Racal Decca navigation radar^[source]

Armament

—

2 × twin 76 mm (3.0 in) AK-726 guns 4 × single 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-630M CIWS 4 × double launchers for P-15M (SS-N-2C) anti-ship missiles 2 × 12-barrel 213 mm (8.4 in) RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers 2 × triple 533 mm torpedo tubes Mines^[source]

Country of origin

—

Romania^[source]

Design and equipment origin context

—

The ship's design was to be the work of Romanian engineers only, without the participation of foreign specialists. Systems which could not be developed independently, or licences acquired, were predominantly procured from the Soviet Union. All weapon systems and electronic equipment were of Soviet origin, though still not modern due to the Soviet export policies on individual system sales. The choice of diesel propulsion, provided again by the Soviet Union, was also not optimal for a ship of this size.^[source]