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Daring vs Type 051C

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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 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 --
Performance Radar Chart
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

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).

Frequently Asked Questions

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.