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KOREAN PEOPLE'S ARMY NAVAL FORCE (NORTH KOREA)

ESCORTS

'SOHO' small frigate (1982)

531 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
i 823   Najin SY 6.1980 11.1981 5.1982 stricken 2009
  

 

Displacement standard, t

1250

Displacement full, t

1640

Length, m

73.8

Breadth, m

15.5

Draught, m

3.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

15000

Max speed, kts

23

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

3100(14)

Armament

4 x 1 P-15 Termit SSM (4 P-15), 1 x 1 - 100/56 B-34, 2 x 2 - 37/63 V-11M, 2 x 2 - 30/71 AK-230, 2 x 2 - 25/82 2M-3M, 2 x 5 RBU-1200 ASWRL, helicopter deck

Electronic equipment type 756, type 352, MR-104 Rys' radars, Tamir-10 sonar, type 923-1 ECM suite, 6x 6-round decoy RL

Complement

189

Project history: Experimental catamaran design, not a success. Planned building of five more ships was cancelled.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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