Daguan-class troopship vs Valour-class frigate

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Daguan-class troopship

Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"

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Valour-class frigate

Guided-missile frigate

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Second system

At a glance

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Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Daguan-class troopshipLength

196 m

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Valour-class frigateoverall

121 m

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Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 1 of 1

Beam+71%

Valour-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 1

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Measured figures

Head to head

11 of 32 rows sourced on both sides

196m

121moverall

Length

All recorded figures & sources

196 m

Length

Single source

196 metres (643 ft)^[source]

107.3 m

at waterline

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Configuration

Details

Daguan-class troopship and Valour-class frigate configuration
Specification	Daguan-class troopship	Valour-class frigate
Power	—	CODAG WARP 2 MTU 16V 1163 TB93 diesel engines , 5,920 kilowatts (7,940 hp) each, 2 shafts for cruise; 1 General Electric LM2500 , 20,000 kilowatts (27,000 hp) 1 waterjet^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]	South African Navy^[source]
In service	2011 - present^[source]	—
Completed	2^[source]	4^[source]
Active	2

Type	Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"^[source]	Guided-missile frigate^[source]

Capacity	2,500 support personnel^[source]	—

Aviation facilities	Medium helicopter deck^[source]	Flight deck Enclosed hangar^[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 SuperLynx 300 , 1 Atlas Oryx , 2 AgustaWestland AW109 , 1 Denel Rooivalk or various UAVs (Planned)^[source]

Name	—	Valour-class^[source]

Builders	—	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft , Kiel and Blohm+Voss , Hamburg^[source]

Preceded by	—	President class^[source]

Cost	—	R 9.65 billion (2007) for 4 units R 2.41 billion (2007) per unit^[source]

Built	—	2001–2002^[source]

In commission	—	2006–present^[source]

Planned	—	5^[source]

Canceled	—	1^[source]

Endurance	—	28 days^[source]

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 Identification friend or foe system Target designation sights : M-Tek Target Designation Sights Sonar : Thales UMS4132 Kingklip sonar Obstacle avoidance sonar : MDS 3060^[source]

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]

Armament	—	Anti-ship missiles : 8 MBDA MM 40 Exocet Block 2 surface-to-surface missiles (mounted in two four-cell launchers) Surface-to-air : 16 Umkhonto surface-to-air missiles in a 32-cell Vertical launching system , can be increased to 32 missiles Naval guns : 1 Otobreda 76 mm gun 1 Denel 35mm Dual Purpose Gun ( CIWS ) 2 Mk1 Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 2 12.7 mm Rogue remotely operated guns ASW : 4 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes^[source]