Sariwon class corvette
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Sariwon |
| Builders: | North Korea |
| Operators: | Image:North Korean naval ensign.gif Korean People's Navy |
| In service: | 1960s |
| Completed: | 5 |
| Active: | 5 |
| General characteristics (as per Janes) | |
| Type: | Corvette |
| Displacement: | 650 tons full load |
| Length: | 62.1m |
| Beam: | 7.3 m |
| Draught: | 2.4 m |
| Propulsion: | conventional |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Range: | 2,700 nautical miles (5,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
One, mounted on davits in break in superstructure |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Surface search: Pot Head or Don 2 Navigational: Type 351 Radar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
None? |
| Armament: | Four 57 mm/80 (2 twin); Four 37 mm/6 (2 twin); 16 14.5 mm machine guns (4 quad); Two depth charge rails; 30 mines |
| Notes: | Based on Soviet 1930s Tral-class minesweeper.Ships in class include: 611, 612, 613, 614, 671 |
The Sariwon class corvette is a Soviet-designed corvette used by North Korea. They are based on the Soviet Tral class fleet minesweepers, but were built in North Korea in the 1960s. There are currently three active ships of this type in the Korean People's Navy.
[edit] References
- http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/dprk/p-sariwon.htm
- Jane's Warship Recognition Guide 2006
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