2010
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
i | 725, later- 611 | North Korea | 1966 | in service (2019) | |||
ii | 726, later- 612 | North Korea | 1966 | in service (2019) | |||
iii | 727, later- 613 | North Korea | 1967 | in service (2019) | |||
iv | 728, later- 614 | North Korea | 1969 | in service (2019) |
Displacement standard, t |
475 |
Displacement full, t |
600 |
Length, m |
62.1 |
Breadth, m |
7.30 |
Draught, m |
2.40 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
3000 |
Max speed, kts |
21 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
2700(18) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 100/56 B-24-BM, 1 x 2 - 37/63 V-11M, 4 x 4 - 14.5/89 ZPU-4, 2 DCR, 30 mines |
Electronic equipment | Zarnitsa, Don-2 radars, Tamir-10 sonar |
Complement |
65 |
Project history: Large patrol craft escort ships built in Korea in the mid-1960s and closely modelled on the ex-Soviet Tral class minesweepers. They had the same silhouette. Some sources reports about four or five ships built in class (614 and 571, 571 also may be former old Soviet minesweeper)
Modernizations: 1990s, all: - 1 x 1 - 100/56, 2 DCR, Zarnitsa radar; + 2 x 2 - 57/70 type 66, 1 x 2 - 37/63 V-11M, 2 x 5 RBU-1200 ASWRL, type 351 radar, 4 6-round decoy RL
Naval service: No significant events.
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