Daguan-class troopship vs Zulfiquar-class frigate

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AWarships

Daguan-class troopship

Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"

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ForceTally · AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph · AI-generated · OpenAI output terms · Source ↗ · Modified

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Zulfiquar-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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Zulfiquar-class frigateLength

123.2 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 2 of 3

Length+59%
Beam+103%

Zulfiquar-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 3

Speed+62%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

12 of 31 rows sourced on both sides

196m

123m

Length+59%

All recorded figures & sources

196 m

Length

Single source

196 metres (643 ft)^[source]

123.2 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Daguan-class troopship and Zulfiquar-class frigate configuration
Specification	Daguan-class troopship	Zulfiquar-class frigate
Power	—	CODAD 4 × Pielstick 16PA6STC at 5.1 MW (6,800 hp) 4 × MTU diesels generator set 8V396TE54 at 680 kW (910 hp)^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]	Pakistan Navy^[source]
In service	2011 - present^[source]	2008–present^[source]
Completed	2^[source]	4^[source]

Active	2^[source]	4^[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]	Flight deck and 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	1 × Harbin Z-9 EC ASW helicopter^[source]

Name	—	Zulfiqar class^[source]

Builders	—	Hudong–Zhonghua , China KS&EW Ltd , Pakistan^[source]

Preceded by	—	Tariq class^[source]

Succeeded by	—	Tughril-class frigate Jinnah class^[source]

Subclasses	—	Type 053H3 frigate^[source]

Cost	—	$750 million USD (4 Ships) $187.5 million USD per unit^[source]

Built	—	2006–2009^[source]

In commission	—	2009–present^[source]

Planned	—	4^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	—	SUR 17 / Type 517 long range radar air surveillance radar SR-60 / Type 360 Radar air/surface search radar KH 2007 navigation radar Atlas ASO-94 Hull Mounted Sonar 2 x Type 347 CIWS fire-control radar (fore and aft) Type 345 SAM fire-control radar CIWS electro-optical director Radar warning receiver suite^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	RWD-8 intercept, NJ8I-3 jammer Decoy flare , chaff launchers^[source]

Armament	—	Guns: 1 × 76.2 mm calibre AK–176 M main gun 2 × Type 730B CIWS Missiles: 1 × 8-cell FM-90N SAM launcher 2 × 4-cell C-802 SSM launchers Other: 2 × 3-cell ET-52C torpedo launchers 2 × 6-cell RDC-32 anti-submarine rockets 1 x 1-cell Anti-ship ballistic missile 2 x 1-cell cruise missile^[source]