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KOREAN PEOPLE'S ARMY NAVAL FORCE (NORTH KOREA)

COASTAL FORCES

Project 123K fast attack craft (torpedo) (1951-1955/1951-1979)

1965

Names

40 boats (i-xv)

Builders

USSR: 40 boats

Commissioned

1951-1955 // 1951-1970: 34 boats

1951-1955 // 1974: 4 boats

1951-1955 // 1979: 2 boats

Losses

none

Transfers

Benin, 1979: 2 boats

Discarding

late 1970s: 26 boats

early 1980s: 2 boats

late 1980s: 10 boats

  

 

Displacement standard, t

19

Displacement full, t

23

Length, m

19.3

Breadth, m

3.43

Draught, m

0.77

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 M-50-2 diesels

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

50

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

450(35)

Armament

1 x 2 - 14.5/93, 2 x 1 - 450 TT, 6 DC

Electronic equipment

Zarnitsa radar

Complement

7

Project history: Former Soviet Project 123K MTBs.

Modernizations: none

Naval service: No significant events.

1971

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