The Donghae class (동해급) corvette is a class of four ships of the South Korean Navy used for coastal patrol duties. Each corvette

Corvette

A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role...

 is armed with one Oto Melara 76 mm compact gun, three AA guns, six torpedoes and twelve depth charges for anti-submarine operations

Anti-submarine warfare

Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and deter, damage or destroy enemy submarines....

. The ships resemble the later , but have slightly different armament.

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

Ships in the class

Name	Numbee	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Status
Donghae	PCC-751	Korea Shipbuilding Corporation (now Hanjin Heavy Industries Hanjin Heavy Industries Hanjin Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. is a Korean shipbuilding company, founded in 1937. It is a multinational company, and is an affiliate of the Hanjin Group.- Situation :... )	August 1982	1983	30 June 2009	Disposed of in support of fleet training exercise
Suwon	PCC-752	Korea Takoma Shipyard (now Hanjin Heavy Industries Hanjin Heavy Industries Hanjin Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. is a Korean shipbuilding company, founded in 1937. It is a multinational company, and is an affiliate of the Hanjin Group.- Situation :... )		1983	30 June 2010	Disposed of in support of fleet training exercise
Gangneung	PCC-753	Hyundai Heavy Industries Hyundai Heavy Industries Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. is the world's largest shipbuilding company, headquartered in Ulsan, South Korea. The company is a subsidiary of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group...		1983	30 June 2010	Disposed of in support of fleet training exercise
Anyang	PCC-755	Daewoo S&M Engineering Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd ' is the second largest shipbuilder in the world and one of the "Big Three" shipbuilders of South Korea.On 21 February 2011, the A. P...		1983	29 September 2011	Disposed of in support of fleet training exercise

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

External links

• globalsecurity.org: Donghae class corvette