ROKS Sinseong (PCC-783)
Appearance
ROKS Sinseong on 29 March 2007
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History | |
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Name |
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Namesake | Gwangmyeong |
Builder | Hanjin |
Launched | 8 October 1991 |
Commissioned | 28 March 1992 |
Identification | Pennant number: PCC-783 |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Pohang-class corvette |
Displacement | 1,220 tons |
Length | 289.7 ft (88 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 2.9 ft (0.88 m) |
Installed power | 2 × MTU 6V396 TC52 diesel generators |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) maximum |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) using diesel engines |
Endurance | 20 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × RHIB |
Crew | 118 |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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ROKS Sinseong (PCC-783) is a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy.[1]
Development and design
[edit]The Pohang class is a series of corvettes built by different Korean shipbuilding companies. The class consists of 24 ships and some after decommissioning were sold or given to other countries. There are five different types of designs in the class from Flight II to Flight VI.[2]
Construction and career
[edit]Sinseong was launched on 8 October 1991 by Hanjin Heavy Industries. The vessel was commissioned on 28 March 1992.
She participated in Foal Eagle 2007.
Gallery
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ROKS Sinseong on 2 October 2012
References
[edit]- ^ "Republic of Korea Navy ROKN Destroyer Frigate Submarine". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ "Pohang (PCC Patrol Combat Corvette)". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2021-01-10.