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GWANGGAETO DAEWANG destroyers (1998-2000)


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Gwanggaeto Daewang 2008

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
광개토대왕 [Gwanggaeto Daewang] 971   Daewoo, Okpo 7/1995 28.10.1996 24.7.1998 in service (2019)
을지문덕 [Uljimundok] 972   Daewoo, Okpo 1/1996 16.10.1997 20.6.1999 in service (2019)
양만춘 [Yangmanchun] 973   Daewoo, Okpo 8/1997 19.10.1998 29.6.2000 in service (2019)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

3500

Displacement full, t

3900

Length, m

135.4

Breadth, m

14.2

Draught, m

4.30 (hull)

No of shafts

2

Machinery

CODOG: 2 General Electric LM-2500 gas turbines / 2 MTU 20V956 TB92 diesels

Power, h. p.

59000 / 8000

Max speed, kts

30 / 18

Fuel, t

gas turbine / diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

4000(18)

Armament

2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84C), 1 x 16 Sea Sparrow SAM (VLS, 16 RIM-7M), 1 x 1 - 127/54 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 x 7 - 30/77 Goalkeeper, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 helicopters (Super Lynx)

Electronic equipment

SPS-49(v)5, SPS-55M, MW-08, 2x STIR 1.8, 2x Goalkeeper radars, Radamec e/o system, DSQS-21BZ sonar, APECS-II / AR-700 ECM suite, 2x Dagaie decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, KDCOM 1 CCS

Complement

185



Standard scale images


<i>Gwanggaeto Daewang </i>2000
Gwanggaeto Daewang 2000


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<i>Gwanggaeto Daewang </i> 2008
Gwanggaeto Daewang 2008


Project history

Project KDX-I. Totals as high as 17-20 had originally been planned, but only three were built. Have a constant-pressure sealed NBC warfare protective citadel.

Modernizations

mid-2010s, all: - SPS-55M radar; + DTR-92 (SPS-95K) radar, 2x SLQ-261K torpedo decoy launchers (TACM system)

Naval service

No significant events.