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KOREAN PEOPLE'S ARMY NAVAL FORCE (NORTH KOREA)

COASTAL FORCES

'SHANTOU' fast attack craft (gun) (1956-1960/1968)

1975

Names

8 boats

Builders

Wuzhou SY, China: 8 boats

Completed

1956 - 1960 // 1968: 8 boats

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

late 1980s: 4 boats

early 1990s: 4 boats

Displacement standard, t

75

Displacement full, t

85

Length, m

25.7

Breadth, m

6.00

Draught, m

1.80

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 diesels

Power, h. p.

3000

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 750(15)

Armament

2 x 2 - 37/63 type 61, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 8 DC

Electronic equipment Reya or Zarnitsa radar

Complement

17

Project history: Chinese Type 055A. Steel hull, gun-armed Chinese version of Soviet project 183 FAC(T).

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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