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Corvette ROKS Suncheon (PCC-767)

Corvette ROKS Suncheon (PCC-767) 0

Classification

Ship class:
Pohang-class corvette
Type:
Corvette

Basic information

Namesake:
City in South Jeolla Province
Renaming:
  • BAP Guise (CC-28), after 14.01.2022
Operator:
Republic of Korea NavyRepublic of Korea Navy Peruvian NavyPeruvian Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Hanjin Heavy IndustriesHanjin Heavy Industries
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active
Fate:
Transferred to the Peruvian Navy

Ship measurements

Displacement:
1,220 t
Length:
88.3 m
Beam:
10 m
Draft:
2.9 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODOG
Propulsion:
  • 1 * GE LM2500 gas turbine engine
  • 2 * MTU 12V 956 TB82 diesel engine
Speed:
32 knots
Range:
4,000 nautical miles

Personnel

Complement:
118

Combat assets

Boats & landing craft:
  • 2 * RHIB
Electronics:
  • X-band & S-band navigational radars
  • Raytheon AN/SPS-64(V)5B surface search radar
  • Signaal (Thales Nederland) WM-28 Fire Control System
  • Signaal (Thales Nederland) LIOD optronic director
  • Raytheon AN/SQS-58 hull mounted passive/active sonar
  • 2 * Loral Hycor Mk 34 RBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System
Armament:
  • 2 * Oto Melara 76 mm/62 caliber Compact naval guns
  • 2 * Otobreda 40mm L/70 twin naval guns
  • 2 * Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes
  • 2 * Mk 9 Depth Charge Racks
  • 6 * M2HB Browning .50 caliber machine guns

BAP Guise (CC-28), or formerly known as ROKS Suncheon (PCC-767) is a Pohang-class corvette under the Peruvian Navy.

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.

Suncheon was launched on 8 April 1987 by Hanjin Heavy Industries in Busan. The vessel was commissioned on 30 September 1988 and decommissioned on 24 December 2019.

The ship was transferred to Peru in 2021 and was commissioned in January 2022 as the BAP Guise.

On 17 July 2022, two sailors were critically injured after a fire broke out in the engine room of the Guise while the ship was participating in the 2022 RIMPAC exercise. The fire was extinguished and the injured sailors were transferred to Honolulu for medical treatment.

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