| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Donghae class corvette |
| Builders: | Republic of Korea |
| Operators: | Republic of Korea Navy |
| In commission: | 1983 - present |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Retired: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| 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: | • 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm/62 compact cannon • 2× Emerson 30mm twin guns • 1× Bofors 40mm/56 twin guns • 2× Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (with 6× Mark 46 torpedoes) • 12× Mark 9 depth charges |
The Donghae class (동해급) corvette is a class of four ships of the South Korean 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.
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.
Contents |
| Name | Numbee | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donghae | PCC-751 | Korea Shipbuilding Corporation (now Hanjin Heavy Industries) |
August 1982 | 1983 | 30 June 2009 | Disposed of in support of fleet training exercise |
| Suwon | PCC-752 | Korea Takoma Shipyard (now Hanjin Heavy Industries) |
1983 | 30 June 2010 | Disposed of in support of fleet training exercise | |
| Gangneung | PCC-753 | Hyundai Heavy Industries | 1983 | 30 June 2010 | Disposed of in support of fleet training exercise | |
| Anyang | PCC-755 | Daewoo S&M Engineering | 1983 | 29 September 2011 | Disposed of in support of fleet training exercise |
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