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REPUBLIC OF KOREA NAVY (SOUTH KOREA)

SUBMARINES

SX756 midget submarines (1988-1992)

Names

9 units

Builders

Cosmos, Livorno, Italy: 1 unit

Korea-Tacoma, Masan: 8 units

Commissioned

1988-1992: 9 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service (2019): 9 units

  

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

78 / 83

Length, m

25.2

Breadth, m

2.02

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 diesel-generator, 1 electric motor

Power, h. p.

200 / 55

Max speed, kts

8.5 / 6

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1600(7) / 60(4.5)

Armament

2 - 533 TC (drop gear, 2) or 6 - 8 mines or 40 limpet mines

Electronic equipment

sonar

Complement

6 + 8 combat swimmers

Diving depth operational, m 100

Project history: The design was originated by COS.M.O.S. and was built under license or possibly from prefabricated kits. Have one fixed and one telescoping periscope. A passive sonar transducer array surrounds the small sail.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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