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KOREAN PEOPLE'S ARMY NAVAL FORCE (NORTH KOREA)

COASTAL FORCES

'SOMAN' large patrol craft (1963-1968)

Soviet project 201 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
(i)     North Korea     1963-1968 in service (2019)
(ii)     North Korea     1963-1968 in service (2019)
(iii)     North Korea     1963-1968 in service (2019)
(iv)     North Korea     1963-1968 in service (2019)
(v)     North Korea     1963-1968 in service (2019)
(vi)     North Korea     1963-1968 in service (2019)
  

 

Displacement standard, t

190

Displacement full, t

215

Length, m

42.0

Breadth, m

6.10

Draught, m

1.90

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 40D diesels

Power, h. p.

7500

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1100(13)

Armament

1 x 1 - 85/52 90K, 2 x 1 - 37/63 70K, 2 x 2 - 14.5/93

Sensors

Reya or type 351 radar

Complement

27

Project history: Korean-built variant of the Soviet Project 201M, armed as gunboats.

Modernizations: none

Naval service: One boat was badly damaged by South Korean ships 29.6.2002.

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