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KOREAN PEOPLE'S ARMY NAVAL FORCE (NORTH KOREA)

SUBMARINES

SANG-O coastal submarines (1995-2008)

2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
i     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     1995? captured 18.9.1996?
ii     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     1995? in service (2019)?
iii     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     1995? in service (2019)?
iv     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     1995? in service (2019)?
v     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     1996? in service (2019)?
vi     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     1996? in service (2019)?
vii     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     1996? in service (2019)?
viii     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     1996? in service (2019)?
ix     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     1996? in service (2019)?
x     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     1996? in service (2019)?
xi     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     1996? in service (2019)?
xii     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     1997? in service (2019)?
xiii     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     1997? in service (2019)?
xiv     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     1997? in service (2019)?
xv     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     1998? in service (2019)?
xvi     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     1998? in service (2019)?
xvii     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     1998? in service (2019)?
xviii     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     1999? in service (2019)?
xix     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     1999? in service (2019)?
xx     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     1999? in service (2019)?
xxi     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2000? in service (2019)?
xxii     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2000? in service (2019)?
xxiii     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2000? in service (2019)?
xxiv     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2001? in service (2019)?
xxv     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2001? in service (2019)?
xxvi     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2001? in service (2019)?
xxvii     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2002? in service (2019)?
xxviii     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2002? in service (2019)?
xxix     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2003? in service (2019)?
xxx     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2003? in service (2019)?
xxxi     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2004? in service (2019)?
xxxii     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2004? in service (2019)?
xxxiii     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2005? in service (2019)?
xxxiv     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2005? in service (2019)?
xxxv     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2006? in service (2019)?
xxxvi     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2006? in service (2019)?
xxxvii     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2007? in service (2019)?
xxxviii     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2007? in service (2019)?
xxxix     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2008? in service (2019)?
xl     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2008? in service (2019)?
xli     Bong Dao Bo SY, Sinpo     2008? in service (2019)?
 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

275 / 370

Length, m

34.0

Breadth, m

3.80

Draught, m

3.70

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 MTU diesel-generator / 1 electric motor

Power, h. p.

300 / 200

Max speed, kts

7 / 9

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1500(7) /

Armament

attack version: 2 - 533 TT (2 CHT-02D) or 4 - 533 TT (4 CHT-02D)

transport version: 16 mines (external racks)

Military load transport version: 15 commandos

Electronic equipment

Furuno radar, Feniks-M sonar, ECM suite

Complement

attack version: 19

transport version: 11

Diving depth operational, m

180

Project history: Small submarines for anti-ship, coastal defense duties, offensive minelaying and special forces insertion. At least some units were built without torpedoes in transport/minelaying variant.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: One special forces version submarine was captured off the South Korean south coast after stranding 17.9.1996.

1996

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