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Measured figures
Length
Single source68 m (223 ft 1 in)[source]
Approx Gepard 3.9 batch II
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Darong-class transport | Gepard-class frigate |
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| Status | Active[source] | — |
| Operators | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] | Russian Navy Vietnam People's Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Qiongsha-class cargo ship[source] | Koni class Grisha class[source] |
| Built | After 2000[source] | 1991–2016[source] |
Approx 102.4 m (336 ft) (Gepard 3.9 batch II)[source]
Approx
Single sourceGepard 3.9
Single source13.09 m (42.9 ft) Approx 15 m (49 ft) (Gepard 3.9)[source]
Maximum; Speed
Single source29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)[source]
at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Single source4,000 nmi (7,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| In service |
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After 2000[source] |
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| In commission | After 2000[source] | — |
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| Planned | 2+[source] | 10[source] |
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| Completed |
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| Active |
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| Class & type | Darong[source] | — |
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| Type | transport (AP) / troopship (APT)[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Propulsion | Marine Diesel[source] | Twin-shaft CODOG , FPP, 2 × 14,300 + 1 × 6,000 (kW)[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Navigation radar[source] | MR-231-1 Pal navigation radar Mineral-ME shipborne multifunctional radar system (including guidance and target designation functions for cruise missiles ) 5P-26/MR-352 Pozitiv-ME1/-ME1.2 3D active shipborne radars 5P-10E-03E Laska fire control radar for naval gun and CIWS Sonar : MGK-335EM-03 with under-keel antenna[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | None[source] | EW Suite : 2 × Bell Shroud passive intercept, 2 × Bell Squat jammers, Countermeasures : 4 × 16-barreled Pk-16 decoy launchers[source] |
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| Armament | Unarmed[source] | Artillery: 1 × 76.2mm AK-176M/MA naval gun 2 × AK-630M CIWS ( Tatarstan and VPN configuration) Cruise missiles : 8 × UKSK VLS cells for Kalibr missiles ( Dagestan ) (up to 16x cells in configurations offered to the export market; options for Club-N , Yakhont and BrahMos missile systems are available) 2 × quadruple launchers (2×4) Kh-35 anti-ship missiles ( Tatarstan and VPN 's Batch I & II configuration) Anti-submarine warfare : 2 × 533mm DTA-53 twin-tube (2×2) torpedo launchers (not featured on VPN 's Batch I) Naval mines Anti-air warfare : 1 × Palash/Palma-SU CIWS featured with 8x Sosna-R short range air defense missiles ( Dagestan and VPN configuration) 1 × Osa-M twin-launcher for 20x 9M33M short range air defense missiles ( Tatarstan ) 12 × Shtil-1 VLS cells for 9M317ME medium-range surface-to-air missiles (offered configuration for the export market)[source] |
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| Armour | None[source] | — |
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| Aircraft carried | None[source] | — |
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| Aviation facilities | Helipad[source] | — |
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| Name | — | Gepard class (Project 1166.1)[source] |
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| Builders | — | Zelenodolsk Plant Gorky[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Project 11661 Tatarstan Project 11661K Dagestan Project 11661E Gepard: Gepard 3.9: Batch I; Batch II Gepard 5.1 Gepard 5.3[source] |
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| Cost | — | 11661E (Gepard 3.9 batch I): US$175 million per ship 11661E (Gepard 3.9 batch II): US$350 million per ship (price included ammunition, maintenance packages signed between Vietnam and Russia )[source] |
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| Cancelled | — |
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| Endurance | — | 20 days[source] |
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| Notes | — | [1][source] |
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| National origin | — | Russia[source] |
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