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KOREAN PEOPLE'S ARMY NAVAL FORCE (NORTH KOREA)

SUBMARINES

project 613 submarines (1953-1956/1963-1966)

1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
(i) (ex-S-75)     444 Marti Yd, Nikolayev, USSR 31.3.1953 8.8.1953 14.12.1953 // 3.1963 hulk 2003/05
(ii) (ex-S-90)     444 Marti Yd, Nikolayev, USSR 12.11.1953 31.12.1953 22.9.1954 // 3.1963 hulk 2003/05
(iii) (ex-S-325)     112 Zhdanov Yd, Gorkiy, USSR 23.7.1955 29.11.1955 17.8.1956 // 6.1966 hulk 2003/05
(iv) (ex-S-326)     112 Zhdanov Yd, Gorkiy, USSR 31.7.1955 24.12.1955 19.7.1956 // 6.1966 hulk 2003/05
  

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

1045 / 1342

Length, m

76.0

Breadth, m

6.30

Draught, m

4.55

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 37D diesels / 2 PG-101 electric motors

Power, h. p.

4000 / 2700

Max speed, kts

18.3 / 13.1

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

8580(10) / 353(2)

Armament

6 - 533 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 12 or 22 mines)

Electronic equipment

Flag radar, Tamir-5L, Feniks sonars, Nakat ECM suite

Complement

55

Diving depth operational, m

170

Project history: Former Soviet Project 613 submarines.

Modernizations: none

Naval service: In 2005 all four submarines were no longer operational but can be used as stationary training boats, battery recharging stations etc.

© Ivan Gogin, 2016