| ROKS Yeosu | |
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File:2015.11.10. 제70주년 해군창설 기념 함정체험 - 22294360283.jpg ROKS Yeosu on 10 November 2015 | |
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| Namesake: | Yeosu |
| Builder: | DSME, Geoje |
| Launched: | 14 June 1986 |
| Commissioned: | 1 December 1986 |
| Decommissioned: | 27 December 2017 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: PCC-765 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Vietnam People's Navy |
| Career (Vietnam) |  |
| Name: | HQ-20 |
| Acquired: | 17 October 2018 |
| Commissioned: | 17 October 2018 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: HQ-20 |
| 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 Yeosu (PCC-765) was a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy and later transferred to Vietnam People's Navy as HQ-20.
Development and design[]
The Pohang class is a series of corvettes built by different Korean shipbuilding companies. The class consists of 24 ships and some after decommissioning were 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[]
Yeosu was launched on 14 June 1986 by DSME in Geoje. The vessel was commissioned on 1 December 1986 and decommissioned on 27 December 2017. She was transferred to the Vietnam People's Navy. She arrived on 17 October 2018 with a new name HQ-20.[2]
During the South Korean International Fleet Review 2018 on 11 October 2018, HQ-20 sailed to South Korea with 13 other foreign country vessels.[3]
References[]
- ↑ "Pohang (PCC Patrol Combat Corvette)". https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rok/pohang.htm.
- ↑ "Vietnam receives second ROKN corvette - Naval Warfare - Shephard Media" (in en). https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/naval-warfare/vietnam-receives-second-rokn-corvette/.
- ↑ "ROK Defense: Photos from South Korea International Fleet Review 2018". 2018-10-11. http://southkoreanmilitary.blogspot.com/2018/10/pictures-from-south-korea-international.html.
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