ROKS Hong Beom-do
![]() Sohn Won-yil-class submarine
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Namesake | Hong Beom-do |
Builder | Hyundai |
Laid down | 2011 |
Launched | 5 April 2016 |
Acquired | 19 January 2018 |
Commissioned | 23 January 2018 |
Identification | Pennant number: SS-079 |
Status | Active |
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Class and type | Sohn Won-yil-class submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 65 m (213 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) |
Draught | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric, fuel cell AIP, low noise skew back propeller |
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Range |
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Endurance | 84 days |
Test depth | nearly 400 m (1,300 ft) |
Complement | 5 officers + 22 crew |
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ROKS Hong Beom-do (SS-079) is the seventh boat of the Sohn Won-yil-class submarine in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the Korean independence activist, Hong Beom-do.
Design
[edit]There are media reports that the Sohn Won-yil is equipped with eight 533 mm torpedo tubes, and that South Korea will mount a Korean Tomahawk missile, Hyunmoo-3, with a range of 500 km. It is said that they are also developing versions with a range of 1000 km and 1500 km, but there was no confirmation of whether this version could be mounted on a 533mm torpedo tube. Originally, the American Tomahawk missile was conceptually designed to be launched from a 533mm torpedo tube. Korea has also recently succeeded in localizing it.
The Cheonryong missile with a range of 500 km has been installed in the Sohn Won-yil-class and has been deployed and is in operation.[1]
Germany, which exported the Sohn Won-yil-class (class 214), is using a Type 212 submarine that uses the same AIP system with the same displacement. It has a range of 20 km, and is equipped with four 533 mm torpedo tube, and is capable against air, surface, and submarine targets.
Construction and career
[edit]ROKS Hong Beom-do was launched on 5 April 2016 by Hyundai Heavy Industries and commissioned on 23 January 2018.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "[단독] 국산 잠대지 미사일 서해 배치...사거리 300km". news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- ^ "홍범도함 SS-079 2018년 1월 취역". 네이버 블로그 | "Do what you must, come what may!" (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-07-11.