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KOREAN PEOPLE'S ARMY NAVAL FORCE (NORTH KOREA)

COASTAL FORCES

Project 183R fast attack craft (missile) (1957-1962/1962, 1960s)

1965

Names

10 boats

Builders

USSR: 6 boats

North Korea: 4 boats

Commissioned

1957-1962 // 1962: 6 boats

1960s: 4 boats

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

early 1980s: 2 boats

early 1990s: 2 boats

in service (2019): 6 boats

  

 

Displacement standard, t

70

Displacement full, t

81

Length, m

25.5

Breadth, m

6.20

Draught, m

1.40

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 M50F-4 diesels

Power, h. p.

4800

Max speed, kts

38

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

885(11.8)

Armament

2 x 1 P-15 SSM (2 P-15), 1 x 2 - 25/80 2M-3M

Sensors

Rangout radar

Complement

17

Project history: Six Project 183R boats were transferred from USSR and four built locally.

Modernizations: none

Naval service: No significant events.

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