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KOREAN PEOPLE'S ARMY NAVAL FORCE (NORTH KOREA)

COASTAL FORCES

Project 183 fast attack craft (torpedo) (1949-1960/1953-1972)

1975

Names

42 boats

Builders

USSR: 27 boats

China: 15 boats

Commissioned

1949-1960 // 1953-1972: 27 boats

1956-1966 // 1966-1978: 15 boats

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

early 1980s: 2 boats

late 1980s: 8 boats

early 1990s: 8 boats

late 1990s: 12 boats

2000-2002: 12 boats

  

 

Displacement standard, t

57

Displacement full, t

67

Length, m

25.5

Breadth, m

6.18

Draught, m

1.24

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 M-50F diesels

Power, h. p.

4800

Max speed, kts

43

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1000(14)

Armament

2 x 2 - 25/80 2M-3M, 2 x 1 - 533 TT or 18 mines, 8 DC

Sensors

Reya radar

Complement

14

Project history: Former Soviet and Chinese Project 183  MTBs.

Modernizations: none

Naval service: No significant events.

1972

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