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Specifications
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Daring |
Type 051C |
| Origin |
🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
🇨🇳 China |
| Category |
Destroyer |
Destroyer |
| Type |
Guided-missile destroyer |
Guided-missile destroyer |
| Manufacturer |
BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships |
Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company |
| Year introduced |
2009 |
2006 |
| Number built |
6 units |
20 units |
| Estimated unit price |
$1,300 million |
NA |
| Displacement |
7,350 tons |
7,100 tons |
| Maximum speed |
32.0 knots |
30.0 knots |
| Range |
7,000 nm at 18 knots |
NA |
| Length |
152.4 m |
155.0 m |
| Beam |
21.2 m |
17.1 m |
| Crew |
191 |
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Armament & Systems
|
Daring |
Type 051C |
| Armament |
- 48 × Sylver vertical launching system A50 (Aster 15 and Aster 30 missiles)
- 24 × Sea Ceptor silos (planned)
- 1 × 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun
- 2 × DS30B Mk 1 30 mm guns
- 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
- 2 × 7.62 mm Miniguns (replaced by Browning .50 caliber heavy machine guns)
- 6 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine guns
- 2 x DragonFire laser-based directed energy weapon (planned)
- Harpoon Block 1C SSMs (retired 2023)
- Naval Strike Missile (replacement)
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- 48 × S-300FM (SA-N-20) surface-to-air missiles
- 8 × YJ-83 anti-ship missiles
- 1 × 100 mm H/PJ-87 dual purpose gun
- 2 × Type 730 30 mm seven-barrel Gatling gun close-in weapons systems
- 2 × 3 324 mm torpedo launchers carrying Yu-7 torpedoes
- 2 × 15 Type 946 decoy launchers
- 2 × 18 Type 726-4 decoy launchers
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| Propulsion |
2 shafts integrated electric propulsion with 2 × Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines (21.5 MW each) and 2 × Wärtsilä 12V200 diesel generators (2 MW each) or 3 × MTU 4000 series diesel generators (3 MW each) |
2 indigenous steam turbines |
Overview
The Daring and the Type 051C are both Destroyer classes.
Displacement is 7,350 tons for the Daring vs 7,100 tons for the Type 051C. The Daring reaches 32 knots vs 30 knots for the Type 051C.
The Daring was produced in 6 units vs 20 for the Type 051C. The Daring was commissioned in 2009, 3 years after the Type 051C (2006).
Detailed Comparison
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Which has greater displacement, the Daring-class or Type 051C-class?
The Daring-class has greater displacement at 7,350 tons compared to the Type 051C-class's 7,100 tons.
Which is faster, the Daring-class or Type 051C-class?
The Daring-class is faster with a maximum speed of 32 knots compared to the Type 051C-class's 30 knots.
Which has longer range, the Daring-class or Type 051C-class?
The Daring-class has a longer range at 7,000 nautical miles compared to the Type 051C-class's 0 nautical miles.
Which is longer, the Daring-class or Type 051C-class?
The Type 051C-class is longer at 155.0 meters compared to the Daring-class's 152.4 meters.
Which has been built in greater numbers, the Daring-class or Type 051C-class?
The Type 051C-class has been built in greater numbers with 20 vessels compared to 6 vessels of the Daring-class.