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Chungnam class (FFG-III) Guided Missile Frigate
 

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08/25
Ships:
Unit Korean Name Builder Launched Commissioned STATUS
FFG-828 ROKS Chungnam 충남 Hyundai April 10, 2023 December 24, 2024 IN SERVICE 
FFG-829 ROKS Gyeongbuk 경북 SK June 20, 2025 2026 ? outfitting
FFG-831 ROKS ?   SK     construction
FFG-832 ROKS ?   SK     construction
FFG-833 ROKS ?   Hanwha     construction
FFG-835 ROKS ?   Hanwha     construction
 
Specifications:
 
Builders:
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), Ulsan, ROK
SK Oceanplant, Donghae, ROK
Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd. (formerly Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering), ROK

Displacement:
3,600 tons (standard) / 4,300 tons (full load)
Length:
129 meters (423 feet 3 inches)
Beam: 14.8 meters (48 ft 7 in)
Draft: 4.2 meters (13 ft 1 in)
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h), max. / 18 knots (33 km/h), cruise
Range: 4,500 NMI (8330 km)
Complement: 120

Propulsion:
CODLOG
(Combined Diesel-Electric or Gas)

2 x Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines
4 x MTU 12V4000 M43B diesel generators
2 x Leonardo Electric Motors
2 shafts, 2 controllable pitch propellers
 
Armament:
 
Korean Vertical Launching System (K-VLS) - 16 cells
for
Haegung K-SAAM SAM Missile (4 per cell)
Haeryong VL-Tactical Land Attack Missile
K-745 Red Shark (K-ASROC) Anti-Submarine Missile
 
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1 x
Mk. 45 Mod. 4 gun (5-inches/127 mm/L62)
1 x
CIWS-II
8 x
SSM-700K C-Star Anti-Ship Missiles
2 x
triple torpedo tubes for K745 Blue Shark Torpedoes
 
Aviation:
flight deck and hangar for 1 helicopter
 
Systems:
Hanwha Systems Combat Management System (CMS)
Integrated Sensor Mast (ISM) with multi-function phased array radar (MFR)
LIG Nex1 SPG-540K 3D fire control radar/electro-optical targeting system (EOTS)
K/SPS-95K surface search and navigation radar
SAQ-600K infrared search and track imaging (IRST)
LIG Nex1 SAQ-560K electro-optical targeting system (EOTS)
SQS-240K active/passive search & track hull sonar
SQR-250K towed array sonar system (TASS)
SLQ-200K Sonata electronic warfare system
SLQ-261 torpedo decoy system
 
 
The Chungnam class Frigate is based on the preceding Daegu class. Which in turn is based on the Incheon class, and has otherwise been referred to as the Incheon class batch III, or FFX-III.
 
images

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FFG-828 ROKS Chungnam

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FFG-828 ROKS Chungnam

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FFG-828 ROKS Chungnam


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FFG-829 ROKS Gyeongbuk



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cutout: Mk.45 gun and 16-cell Korean Vertical Launching System (K-VLS)
 
 
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