Donghae-class corvette

The Donghae-class corvette (Hangul: 동해급 초계함, Hanja: 東海級哨戒艦) 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 Pohang class, but have slightly different armament.


ROKS Su Won (752) corvette belonging to the class Donghae
Class overview
Name: Donghae class
Operators:
Succeeded by: Pohang class
In commission:
  • 1983 - 2011
  • 2014-present
Completed: 4
Active: 1
Retired: 3
General characteristics
Type: Corvette
Displacement: 1,076 tonnes (1,059 long tons; 1,186 short tons)
Length: 78.1 m (256 ft 3 in)[1]
Beam: 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)[1]
Draft: 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)[1]
Propulsion: CODOG unit[1]
Speed:
  • Maximum: 31 knots (57 km/h)
  • Cruising: 15 knots (28 km/h)[1]
Range: 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km)[1]
Crew: 95
Sensors and
processing systems:		 EDO 786 hull mounted sonar[2]
Armament:

Each ship was built by a different shipbuilder. ROKS Donghae (PCC-751) was the first to be launched, on 18 November 1982, and ROKS Anyang (PCC-755) the last in 1983. Each ship is named after a Korean city while Donghae is a port city itself.

Ships in the class
See also: Pohang-class corvette
Name Number Builder Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Status
Donghae PCC-751 Korea Shipbuilding Corporation
(now Hanjin Heavy Industries)		 18 November 1982 10 November 1983 30 June 2009 Disposed of in support of fleet training exercise
Suwon PCC-752 Korea Takoma Shipyard
(now Hanjin Heavy Industries)		 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 (256.53 ft)
    • Beam: 9.6 m (30.8 ft)
    • Draft: 2.6 m (8.53 ft)
  • Performance
    • Speed: 31 knots, Maximum
    • Range: 4,000 nautical miles @ 15 knots (6,400 @ 28 km/h)
  • Crew: 95 (10 officers)
  • 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 (Tactical Air Navigation)
    • Sonar - EDO 786 hull-mounted sonar
  • Propulsion
    • Engine - CODOG (Combined Diesel or Gas turbines) type driving two Shafts CP Propellers
      • One General Electric LM-2500 (26,820 hp) Gas Turbine
      • Two MTU 12V 956 TB 82 (6,260 hp) Marine Diesels
        • Colombian navy ARC Narino arrives for Pearl Harbor port visit

See also

References
  1. John E. Pike (January 9, 2010). "Tonghae / Dong Hae (PCC Patrol Combat Corvette): Specifications". GlobalSecurity.org. Alexandria, Virginia. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved 2010-08-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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