Daguan-class troopship vs Santa María-class frigate

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Daguan-class troopship

Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"

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Santa María-class frigate

Guided missile frigate

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Daguan-class troopshipLength

196 m

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Santa María-class frigateLength

138.8 m

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Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+41%
Beam+96%

Santa María-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 2

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Measured figures

Head to head

10 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

196m

139m

Length+41%

All recorded figures & sources

196 m

Length

Single source

196 metres (643 ft)^[source]

138.8 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Daguan-class troopship and Santa María-class frigate configuration
Specification	Daguan-class troopship	Santa María-class frigate
Power	—	2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller 2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units , 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking.^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]	Spanish Navy^[source]
In service	2011 - present^[source]	—
Completed	2^[source]	6^[source]

Type	Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"^[source]	Guided missile 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	2 × Sikorsky SH-60B Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters^[source]

Name	—	Santa María class^[source]

Builders	—	Bazan , Ferrol, Spain^[source]

Preceded by	—	Baleares class^[source]

Succeeded by	—	F110 class^[source]

Built	—	1982–1994^[source]

In commission	—	1986–present^[source]

Planned	—	6^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	—	Radar: AN/SPS-49 (V)4 2-D air search ((V)5 in F-85 & F-86), RAN-12L (being replaced by RAN-30) 2-D low horizon air search radar for Meroka, SPS-55 surface search radar, Mk 92 fire control system, Sonar: SQS-56, SQR-19(V) Towed Array (-19(V)2 in F-85 & F-86), Fire control: Mk 13 weapons control, Mk 92 and SPG-60 STIR missile control, SQQ-89 ASW^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	Nettunel (F-85 & F-86: Mk-3000) intercept, SLQ-25 Nixie , Mk36 SROC decoy launchers^[source]

Armament	—	1 × single-arm Mk 13 Missile Launcher with a 40-round magazine that can handle 32 SM-1MR anti-air/ship missiles and 8 Harpoon anti-ship missiles 2 × triple Mark 32 ASW torpedo tubes with Mark 46 Mod 5 anti-submarine torpedoes 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm/62 cal. naval gun 1 × 20 mm Meroka 12-barrel CIWS system^[source]