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BWarships
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Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 2 of 2
SAS Mendilarger figure on 0 of 2
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Measured figures
Length
Single source196 metres (643 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Daguan-class troopship | SAS Mendi |
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| Power | — | CODAG WARP 2 × Diesels 5,920 kW (7,939 hp) each 2 shafts 1 × Gas turbine 20,000 kW (26,820 hp) 1 waterjet[source] |
| Operators | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] | — |
| In service | 2011 - present[source] | — |
| Completed | — | |
| Active | — | |
| Type | Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship" |
121 m (397 ft)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Capacity | 2,500 support personnel[source] | — |
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| Aviation facilities | Medium helicopter deck[source] | Flight deck Enclosed hangar[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 | 1 × SuperLynx 300 (can carry 2)[source] |
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| Name | — | SAS Mendi[source] |
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| Namesake | — | SS Mendi[source] |
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| Ordered | — | 3 December 1999[source] |
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| Builder | — | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft , Kiel[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 28 June 2002[source] |
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| Launched | — | October 2003[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 20 March 2007[source] |
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| Home port | — | Simonstown[source] |
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| Identification | — | F148[source] |
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| Status | — | Active service[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Valour-class frigate[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Surveillance Radar : Thales Naval France MRR-3D NG G-band multi-role radar Optical Radar Tracker : 2 Reutech RTS 6400 monopulse X-band (I/J bands) combined radar and optronics trackers Electro-optical Tracker : Reutech Electro-optical tracker Identification Friend or Foe : Tellumat Integrated Naval IFF system Target Designation Sights : M-Tek Target Designation Sights Sonar : Thales UMS4132 Kingklip sonar Obstacle avoidance sonar : MDS 3060[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | ESM/ECM : Saab Grintek Avitronics SME 100/200 ESM (Intercept and Jammer) & ELINT Decoys : 2 Saab Grintek Avitronics MRL Super Barricade chaff launchers (96 decoys)[source] |
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| Armament | — | 1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun 1 × twin-barreled 35 mm (Denel) dual-purpose gun 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Mk1 8 × MBDA MM40 Exocet Block 2 SSM (2 × 4-cell launchers) 16 × Umkhonto SAM (2 × 8-cell vertical launchers)[source] |
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