| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 도산안창호 [Doosan Ahn Chang] | 083 | Daewoo, Okpo | 17.5.2016 | 14.9.2018 | 2020 | building (2019) |
| 손병희 [Son Byung Hee] | 085 | Daewoo, Okpo | 1.7.2016 | 2018 | 2020 | building (2019) |
| 이동녕 [Dong Ning] | 086 | Hyundai, Ulsan | 30.6.2017 | 2019 | 2021 | building (2019) |
| 이봉창 [Lee Bong Chang] | 087 | Daewoo, Okpo | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | ordered (2019) |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
3000 / 3600 |
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Length, m |
83.5 |
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Breadth, m |
9.60 |
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Draught, m |
7.62 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
2 diesel-generators, 1 electric motor / AIP |
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Power, h. p. |
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Max speed, kts |
12 / 20 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
10000 |
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Armament |
1 x 6 Cheong Ryong CruM (VLS, 6 Cheong Ryong), 8 - 533 TT (bow, 16, inc. Sub-Harpoon SSM (4 UGM-84C instead of 4 torpedoes), Baeksangeo) |
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Electronic equipment |
radar, sonar suite, ECM suite, TACM torpedo decoy launcher, CCS |
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Complement |
42 |
| Diving depth operational, m | 350 |
Project history: Domestic design KSSIII, batch I. Submarines will be equipped with AIP and armed with Cheong Ryong cruise (Batch I) or Hyonmoo-2 short-range ballistic (Batch II) missiles. Batch II will also have 10 vertical silos instead of 6 on batch I. Submarines of Batch III will revert to 6 silos but can receive nuclear propulsion.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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