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SHAHAB MISR corvette (1988/2017)

Shahab Misr 2016

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
كوريا الجنوبية [Shahab Misr] (ex-진주 [Jinju]) 1000   Hyundai, Ulsan, South Korea     6/1988 // 22.9.2017 in service (2019)
 

Displacement standard, t

950

Displacement full, t

1220

Length, m

83.5 wl 88.3 oa

Breadth, m

10.2

Draught, m

2.88 mean hull

No of shafts

2

Machinery

CODOG: 1 General Electric LM-2500 gas turbine / 2 MTU 12V956 TB82 diesels

Power, h. p.

27200 / 6260

Max speed, kts

32

Fuel, t

diesel / gas turbine oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 4000(15)

Armament

2 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors Compact Twin 40, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 2 DCR(12)

Electronic equipment

SPS-64(v), WM-28 radars, Radamec e/o director, PHS-32 sonar, ULQ-12K ECM suite, 4x Protean decoy RL, 2x TACM torpedo decoy launchers, WSA-423 CCS

Complement

95

Project history: Former South Korean Pohang class corvette, stricken in December 2016.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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