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KOREAN PEOPLE'S ARMY NAVAL FORCE (NORTH KOREA)

COASTAL FORCES

'IWON' fast attack craft (torpedo) (late 1950s)

1970

Names

15 boats

Builders

North Korea: 15 boats

Commissioned

late 1950s: 15 boats

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1990s: 15 boats

  

 

Displacement standard, t

25

Displacement full, t

40

Length, m

19.2

Breadth, m

3.70

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 M-50F diesels

Power, h. p.

3600

Max speed, kts

45

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 2 - 25/80 2M-3M, 2 - 533 TT

Sensors

Zarnitsa radar

Complement

 

Project history: MTB built in North Korea, modelled on the Soviet Project TD-200bis.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2016