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'TAE CHONG I' large patrol craft (1975-1985)


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624 2011

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
i 623   North Korea     1975-85 in service (2019)
ii 624   North Korea     1975-85 in service (2019)
iii     North Korea     1975-85 in service (2019)
iv     North Korea     1975-85 in service (2019)
v     North Korea     1975-85 in service (2019)
vi     North Korea     1975-85 in service (2019)
vii     North Korea     1975-85 in service (2019)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

385

Displacement full, t

410

Length, m

59.8

Breadth, m

7.20

Draught, m

2.00

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 40D diesels

Power, h. p.

8800

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2000(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 85/55 ZIS-S-53, 1 x 2 - 57/70 type 66, 1 x 2 - 25/80 type 61M, 2 x 2 - 14.5/89, 2 x 5 type 81 ASWRL, 2 DCR

Electronic equipment

type 351, nav. radars, Tamir-11 sonar, 2x decoy RL

Complement

80



Standard scale images


1990
1990


Graphics


<i>624 </i>2011
624 2011


Project history

Korean design based on Chinese 'Hainan' class but with lower superstructure and less freeboard.

Modernizations

none

Naval service

One craft was badly damaged by gunfire of South Korean ships 15.6.1999 but was later repaired.