Donghae-class corvette
The Donghae-class corvette is a class of four ships of the Republic of Korea Navy used for coastal patrol duties. Each corvette is armed with one Oto Melara 76 mm compact gun, three AA guns, six torpedoes and twelve depth charges for anti-submarine operations. The ships resemble the later, but have slightly different armament.
Each ship was built by a different shipbuilder. ROKS Donghae was the first to be launched, on 18 November 1982, and ROKS Anyang the last in 1983. Each ship is named after a Korean city while Donghae is a port city itself.
Ships in the class
Name | Number | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Status |
Donghae | PCC-751 | Korea Shipbuilding Corporation | 18 November 1982 | 10 November 1983 | 30 June 2009 | Disposed of in support of fleet training exercise |
Suwon | PCC-752 | Korea Takoma Shipyard | 18 December 1982 | 20 November 1983 | 30 June 2010 | Disposed of in support of fleet training exercise |
Gangneung | PCC-753 | Hyundai Heavy Industries | 14 May 1983 | 21 December 1983 | 30 June 2010 | Disposed of in support of fleet training exercise |
Anyang | PCC-755 | Daewoo S&M Engineering | 15 June 1983 | 21 December 1983 | 29 September 2011 | Donated to the Colombian Navy, renamed CM-55 ARC Nariño |
Specifications
- Dimensions:
- *Displacement: 1,076 tons full load
- *Length: 78.1 m
- *Beam: 9.6 m
- *Draft: 2.6 m
- Performance
- *Speed: 31 knots, Maximum
- *Range: 4,000 nautical miles @ 15 knots
- Crew: 95
- Armament
- *Guns:
- **1 OTO Melara 76mm/62 compact guns
- **2 Emerson 30mm twin guns
- **1 Bofors 40mm/56 twin gun
- *Torpedoes:
- **6 Honeywell MK. 46 mod 1 torpedoes – 2 launchers
- *Depth charges:
- **12 MK. IX depth charges
- Electronics:
- *Surface Search Radar - Raytheon AN/SPS-64 surface search radar
- *Fire Control Radar - Signaal WM-28 fire control radar
- *ECM/ESM - Thorn EMI or NobelTech intercept/jammer
- *Chaff - 4 Mel Protean Chaff Launcher
- *Combat system - Signaal SEWACO ZK combat system
- *Optronic director - Signaal LIOD optronic director
- *TACAN - SAN 15 TACAN
- *Sonar - EDO 786 hull-mounted sonar
- Propulsion
- * Engine - CODOG type driving two Shafts CP Propellers
- **One General Electric LM-2500 Gas Turbine
- **Two MTU 12V 956 TB 82 Marine Diesels