| ROKS Jinju | |
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| Namesake: | Jinju |
| Builder: | Hyundai, Ulsan |
| Launched: | 12 February 1986 |
| Commissioned: | 1 November 1986 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 December 2016 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: PCC-763 |
| Fate: | Gifted to Egyptian Navy in 2017 |
| Career (Egypt) |  |
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| Acquired: | 26 October 2017 |
| Commissioned: | 26 October 2017 |
| Homeport: | Alexandria |
| Identification: | Pennant number: 1000 |
| Status: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Pohang-class corvette |
| Displacement: | 1,220 tons |
| Length: | 289.7 ft (88 m) |
| Beam: | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Draft: | 2.9 ft (0.88 m) |
| Installed power: | 2 × MTU 6V396 TC52 diesel generators |
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| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) maximum |
| Range: | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) using diesel engines |
| Endurance: | 20 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried: | 2 × RHIB |
| Crew: | 118 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: | 2 × Loral Hycor Mk 34 RBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System |
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ROKS Jinju (PCC-763) was a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy. She was decommissioned and gifted to Egyptian Navy, renamed ENS Shabab Misr (1000).
Development and design[]
Main article: Pohang-class corvette
The Pohang class is a series of corvettes built by different Korean shipbuilding companies. The class consists of 24 ships and some after decommissioning are sold or given to other countries. There are five different types of designs in the class from Flight II to Flight VI.[1]
Construction and career[]
Jinju was launched on 12 February 1986 by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan. Commissioned on 1 November 1986 and decommissioned on 31 December 2016.
On 26 October 2017, the ship arrived at Alexandria Naval Base after being gifted by the Republic of Korea Navy. She was renamed ENS Shabab Misr and reclassified as 1000.[2][3]
Gallery[]
.jpg "2013.6.24, 6·25 상기 해상기동훈련 Rep. of Korea Navy Maritime Exercises Recalling the Korean War (9355647022).jpg (1.76 MB)")
ROKS Jinju during an exercise on 24 June 2013.
.jpg "2015.10.19. 2015대한민국해군 관함식 2차 해상사열 및 훈련시범 (21690516514).jpg (498 KB)")
ROKS Jinju underway on 19 October 2015.
.jpg "ENS Shabab Misr visits Kochi (2).jpg (76 KB)")
ENS Shabab Misr arrives at Kochi on 9 October 2017.
.jpg "Rear Admiral RJ Nadkarni presenting memento to the visiting Egyptian Navy delegations (2).jpg (108 KB)")
Indian Navy Rear Admiral presenting a memento to the Captain of Shabab Misr on 9 October 2017.
.jpg "Egyptian Navy Chief of Mission Commodore Mohamed Atteya presenting memento to Rear Admiral R J Nadkarni (2).jpg (113 KB)")
Indian Navy Rear Admiral presenting a memento to the Captain of Shabab Misr on 9 October 2017.
.jpg "ENS Shabab Misr visits Kochi (1).jpg (168 KB)")
ENS Shabab Misr leaving at Kochi on 11 October 2017.
ENS Shabab Misr on 26 October 2017.
References[]
- ↑ "Pohang (PCC Patrol Combat Corvette)". https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rok/pohang.htm.
- ↑ "بالصور..صبحى يعود الى ارض الوطن بعد زيارته لكوريا الجنوبية | أخبار مصر" (in ar). أخبار مصر. 2017-09-15. http://www.egynews.net/1622741/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%AD%D9%89-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B6-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1/.
- ↑ "Egyptian Navy receives Pohang-class corvette as gift from South Korea". 26 October 2017. Archived from the original on October 29, 2017. https://archive.today/20171029085132/http://navaltoday.com/2017/10/26/egyptian-navy-receives-pohang-class-corvette-as-gift-from-south-korea/. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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