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REPUBLIC OF KOREA NAVY (SOUTH KOREA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS AND CRAFT

GANGGYEONG minehunters (1986-1994)

Ganggyeong 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
강경 [Ganggyeong] 561   Kangnam Swallow Craft   30.8.1986 19.12.1986 in service (2019)
강진 [Gangjin] 562   Kangnam Swallow Craft   27.10.1990 31.5.1991 in service (2019)
고령 [Goryeong] 563   Kangnam Swallow Craft   14.1.1991 30.11.1991 in service (2019)
김포 [Gimpo] 565   Kangnam Swallow Craft   29.9.1992 30.4.1993 in service (2019)
고창 [Gochang] 566   Kangnam Swallow Craft   30.3.1993 29.10.1993 in service (2019)
김화 [Kumhwa] 567   Kangnam Swallow Craft   1.8.1993 1.5.1994 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

470

Displacement full, t

520

Length, m

50.0

Breadth, m

9.60 oa 8.31 wl

Draught, m

2.60

No of shafts

2 Voith-Schneider

Machinery

2 MTU diesels

Power, h. p.

1800

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2500(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, 2x Pluto USV

Electronic equipment

SPS-64(v) radar, type 193M, type 2048 sonars

Complement 48 (inc. 4 divers)

Project history: Design based on the Italian Lerici class. GRP hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Ganggyeong 2008

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