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REPUBLIC OF KOREA NAVY (SOUTH KOREA)

ESCORTS

INCHEON frigates (2013-2016)

Incheon 2015

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
인천 [Incheon] 811   Hyundai, Ulsan 29.1.2009 29.4.2011 17.1.2013 in service (2019)
경기 [Gyeonggi] 812   Hyundai, Ulsan 2011 18.7.2013 4.11.2014 in service (2019)
전북 [Jeonbuk] 813   Hyundai, Ulsan 2012 13.11.2013 5.1.2015 in service (2019)
강원 [Gangwon] 815   STX, Jinhae 2012 12.8.2014 11/2015 in service (2019)
충북 [Chungbuk] 816   STX, Jinhae 2012 23.10.2014 26.1.2016 in service (2019)
광주 [Gwangju] 817   STX, Jinhae 2013 11.8.2015 9.11.2016 in service (2019)
  

Displacement standard, t

2300

Displacement full, t

3200

Length, m

114.3

Breadth, m

14.0

Draught, m

4.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

CODOG: 2 General Electric LM-2500 gas turbines / 2 MTU 12V1163 TB83 diesels

Power, h. p.

58200 / 8840

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

diesel / gas turbine oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 4500(18)

Armament

1 x 4 Cheon Ryong CruM (4 Cheon Ryong), 1 x 4 Hae Sung SSM (4 Hae Sung), 1 x 21 RAM SAM (21 RIM-116), 1 x 1 - 127/62 Mk 45 Mod. 4, 1 x 6 - 20/76 Phalanx Mk 15 Block 1B, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (Cheongsangeo), 1 helicopter (Super Lynx)

Electronic equipment

SPS-550K (LIG Nex 1), nav., CEROS radars, 2x KSTR e/o systems, KHMS sonar, SLQ-200K, SLQ-200(v)4 ECM suites, 2x Dagaie decoy RL, 2x SLQ-261K torpedo decoy RL, Naval Shield CCS

Complement

145 + 25 marines

Project history: Initially dubbed the Future Frigate Experimental (FFX). Contract signed late 2008. As many 19 of the class were planned for acquisition through 2020 with the first six to serve as replacements for the Ulsan-class frigates and the remaining 13 (Daegu class) as replacement for the Pohang-class corvettes. The class is optimized for ASW with a secondary anti-surface role or possibly land-attack operations through the replacement of four antiship missiles with Cheon Ryong land-attack cruise missiles.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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