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TORPEDO SHIPS

SEJONG DAEWANG destroyers (2008-2012)

Sejong Daewang 2010

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
세종대왕 [Sejong Daewang] 991   Hyundai, Ulsan 30.5.2006 25.5.2007 22.12.2008 in service (2019)
율곡이이 [Yulgok Yii] 992   Daewoo, Okpo 25.7.2007 14.11.2008 31.8.2010 in service (2019)
서애류성룡 [Yu Seong Ryong] 993   Hyundai, Ulsan 2009 24.3.2011 3.9.2012 in service (2019)
  

Displacement standard, t

7600

Displacement full, t

10290

Length, m

165.9

Breadth, m

21.4

Draught, m

10.4 (sonar)

No of shafts

2

Machinery

COGAG: 4 General Electric LM-2500 gas turbines

Power, h. p.

100000

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

gas turbine oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

4500(20)

Armament

4 x 4 Harpoon Block II SSM (16 RGM-84C), 1 x 48 Cheon Ryong CruM / Hongsangeo ASuM (VLS, 32 Cheon Ryong + 16 Hongsangeo), (1 x 48 + 1 x 32) Standard SM-2MR Block IIIB SAM / 4x ESSM SAM (VLS, 80 RIM-66M-5 / 4x RIM-162), 1 x 21 RAM SAM (21 RIM-116), 1 x 1 - 127/62 Mk 45 Mod.4, 1 x 7 - 30/77 Goalkeeper, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (Cheongsangeo or Mk 46 Mod.2), 2 helicopters (Super Lynx)

Electronic equipment

SPY-1D(v), SPS-67(v)3, 3x SPG-62, Goalkeeper, nav. radars, VAMPIR e/o system, DSQS-21BZ-M, SQR-220K sonars, SLQ-200(v)1K Sonata ECM suite, 4x Dagaie Mk 2 decoy RL, 2x SLQ-261K torpedo decoy launchers (TACM system), Daewoo torpedo decoy, CCS

Complement

185

Project history: KDX-III, Aegis Baseline 7.1 (BAseline K1)-based design, enlarged variant of Arleigh Burke Flight 2A. Korean Cheon Ryong and Hongsangeo missiles really entered service only in early 2010s. Ships can carry Hae Sung II SSMs instead of Cheong Ryong.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Sejong Daewang 2008

Many thanks to ChangZhi Wang for additional information on this page.

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