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ukUlsan-class frigate (Batch III)
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- ADD/LIG Nex1 SLQ-200(v)K SONATA integrated electronic warfare system (including CSEE DAGAIE MK.2 jammer launcher)
- ADD SLQ-261K TACM Torpedo Counter Decoy System
- AN/SLQ-25A towed torpedo countermeasure system
- 1 * Mk 45 naval gun Mod.4 type 127 mm 62 caliber naval gun
- 2 * K-VLS eight vertical launchers (using Seabow anti-aircraft missiles and K-ASROC anti-submarine rockets)
- 2 * quadruple SSM-700K anti-ship missile launchers
- 2 * triple Mk 32 torpedo tubes (using K-745 blue shark mines)
- MK15 Block 1B close-in weapon system
- 2 * Vulcan Phalanax CIWS
- 1 * Superlinx or Wildcat
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has received a KRW400 (USD325 million) contract to design and build the first Ulsan-class Batch III frigate for the Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN).
The ship is the first of six 3,500-tonne frigates planned for the batch. The contract covers detailed designed work and construction of the first-of-class.
The ship will have an overall length of 129 m and a width of 15 m. It will feature a hybrid electric and gas propulsion system, and can attain a maximum speed of 30 kt.
The frigate can utilize its electric propulsion systems during anti-submarine operations to minimize its acoustic signatures. Accordingly, the vessel will rely on gas turbine propulsion when it needs to operate at high speeds, said HHI.
HHI also noted that the warship will be equipped with a four-sided fixed multifunction phased array radar “capable of 360-degrees omni-directional detection, tracking, and engagement”.
The ship will be constructed at HHI’s shipyard in Ulsan and is scheduled to be handed over in 2024.
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