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REPUBLIC OF KOREA NAVY (SOUTH KOREA)

SUBMARINES

CHANG BOGO submarines (1993-2001)

Chang Bogo 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
장보고 [Chang Bogo] 061   Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany 1988 18.6.1992 2.6.1993 in service (2019)
이천 [Lee Chun] 062   Daewoo, Okpo 1990 14.10.1992 30.4.1994 in service (2019)
최무선 [Choi Muson] 063   Daewoo, Okpo 1991 25.8.1993 27.2.1995 in service (2019)
박위 [Park Wi] 065   Daewoo, Okpo 1992 20.5.1994 3.2.1996 in service (2019)
이종무 [Lee Jongmu] 066   Daewoo, Okpo 1993 17.4.1995 29.8.1996 in service (2019)
정운 [Jung Woon] 067   Daewoo, Okpo 1994 7.5.1996 29.8.1997 in service (2019)
이순신 [Lee Sunsin] 068   Daewoo, Okpo 1995 21.5.1998 15.6.1999 in service (2019)
나대용 [Na Daeyong] 069   Daewoo, Okpo 1996 15.6.1999 30.11.2000 in service (2019)
이억기 [Lee Eokgi] 071   Daewoo, Okpo 1997 26.5.2000 30.11.2001 in service (2019)
  

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

1185 / 1290

Length, m

56.1

Breadth, m

6.25 hull 7.60 stern planes

Draught, m

5.50

No of shafts

1

Machinery

4 MTU 12V493 AZ80 diesel-generators, 1 electric motor

Power, h. p.

2400 / 5000

Max speed, kts

11 / 21.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 85

Endurance, nm(kts)

8000(8) / 230(8)

Armament

061-063, 065-067: 8 - 533 TT (bow, 14 SUT Mod.2)

068, 069, 071: 8 - 533 TT (bow, 14, inc. Sub-Harpoon SSM (4 UGM-84C instead of 4 torpedoes), SUT Mod.2 or 28 mines)

Electronic equipment

Scant radar, CSU-83 sonar suite, PRS-3/15 sonar, Argo AR-700 ECM suite, TACM torpedo decoy launcher, ISUS 83 CCS

Complement

33

Diving depth operational, m 250 (operational), 320 (max.)

Project history: Type 209/1200 (KSS I). Chang Bogo was built in Germany and handed over 15.10.1992 while the next two were assembled in South Korea using components shipped from Germany. Phase II units were assembled in Korea, with a steadily increasing proportion of all-Korean materials and components, but some critical structures and all sensor and machinery equipment continued to be imported. The first three were ordered in 1988, to standard IKL type 209/1200 design; a second group of three was ordered during 1991. The third increment was ordered in 1995, but a planned fourth trio was dropped. Consideration is being given to adding an AIP (Air-Independent Propulsion) module and the ability to launch UGM-84C Harpoon antiship missiles during future refits. Are reportedly the quietest-yet Type 209 submarines, due to the use of advanced sound-damping rafting of the machinery. Have four 120-cell, 11,500amp*hr batteries weighing a total of 257 tons. Only 96 SUT torpedoes were ordered, submarines in 2000s received domestic designed Baeksangeo torpedoes.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Choi Muson 2008

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