Daring vs Type 051C
Daring vs Type 051C at a glance — displacement 7,350 vs 7,100 tons, length 152 vs 155 m, speed 32 vs 30 knots.
Specifications
|
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 |
2 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)
|
- 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
|
| 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 |
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 Daring-class has been built in greater numbers with 6 vessels compared to 2 vessels of the Type 051C-class.