Engineering:ROKS Sohn Won-yil (SS-072)
 ROKS Sohn Won-yil during Foal Eagle 2008
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 South Korea
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| Namesake: | Sohn Won-yil |
| Builder: | Hyundai |
| Laid down: | October 2002 |
| Launched: | 9 June 2006 |
| Acquired: | 26 December 2007 |
| Commissioned: | 28 December 2007 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: SS-072 |
| Status: | Active |
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| Class and type: | Sohn Won-yil-class submarine |
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| 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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| Endurance: | 84 days |
| Test depth: | nearly 400 m (1,300 ft) |
| Complement: | 5 officers + 22 crew |
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ROKS Sohn Won-yil (SS-072) is the lead boat of the Sohn Won-yil-class submarine in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the admiral, Sohn Won-yil.
Design
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
ROKS Sohn Won-yil was launched on 9 June 2006 by Hyundai Heavy Industries and commissioned on 28 December 2007.[2][3]
Gallery
ROKS Sohn Won-yil and USS Nimitz on 28 February 2008
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References
- ↑ "[단독 국산 잠대지 미사일 서해 배치...사거리 300km"] (in ko). https://news.naver.com/main/read.naver?mode=LSD&mid=sec&oid=052&aid=0000338880&sid1=001.
- ↑ googletag.display, Defense Industry Daily staff. "South Korea to Order 5 More U-214 AIP Submarines to Bridge to Indigenous Boats". http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/kss-ii-south-korea-orders-6-more-u-214-aip-submarines-05242/.
- ↑ 입력: 2007.12.28 16:22 (2007-12-28). "1800t급 잠수함 '손원일함' 28일 실전배치" (in ko). https://www.khan.co.kr/politics/defense-diplomacy/article/200712281622281.
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