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KOREAN PEOPLE'S ARMY NAVAL FORCE (NORTH KOREA)

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'NAJIN' small frigates (1973-1975)

531 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
i 3025, later- 531   Najin SY   1972 1973 in service (2019)
ii 3026, later- 631, later- 591   Napho SY   1973 1975 in service (2019)
  

 

Displacement standard, t

1200

Displacement full, t

1500

Length, m

100.0

Breadth, m

10.0

Draught, m

2.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

15000

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

4000(14)

Armament

2 x 1 - 100/56 B-34, 2 x 2 - 57/70 type 66, 4 x 2 - 25/82 2M-3M, 4 x 2 - 14.5/89, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, 4 x 5 RBU-1200 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR, 30 mines

Electronic equipment type 351, type 352, Fut-N, Rangout radars, Tamir-10 sonar, type 923-1 ECM suite, 6x 6-round decoy RL

Complement

190

Project history: Frigates of indigenious construction, based on Soviet project 42.

Modernizations: early 1980s, both: - 1 x 3 - 533 TT; + 1 x 2 P-15 Termit SSM (2 P-15)

late 1980s, both: - 1 x 2 P-15 Termit SSM, 4 x 2 - 14.5/89, 4 x 5 RBU-1200 ASWRL, 2 DCT; + 2 x 1 P-15 Termit SSM, 2 x 2 - 30/71 AK-230, MR-104 Rys' radar

late 2010s, both: - 2 x 1 P-15 Termit SSM; + 2 x 4 Kumsong-3 SSM (8 Kumsong-3)

late 2010s, 591: + 4 x 2 - 30/71 AK-230

Naval service: No significant events.

531 1993

© Ivan Gogin, 2019