ROKS Jinju

ROKS Jinju (PCC-763) was a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy. She was decommissioned and gifted to Egyptian Navy, renamed ENS Shabab Misr (1000).

ROKS Jinju on 19 October 2015
History
South Korea
Name:
  • Jinju
  • (진주)
Namesake: Jinju
Builder: Hyundai, Ulsan
Launched: 12 February 1986
Commissioned: 1 November 1986
Decommissioned: 31 December 2016
Identification: Pennant number: PCC-763
Fate: Gifted to Egyptian Navy in 2017
Egypt
Name:
  • Shabab Misr
  • (شباب مصر)
Namesake:
  • Shabab Misr
  • (Youth of Egypt)
Acquired: 26 October 2017
Commissioned: 26 October 2017
Homeport: Alexandria
Identification: Pennant number: 1000
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class and 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
Propulsion:
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:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
2 × Loral Hycor Mk 34 RBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System
Armament:

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 are 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

Jinju was launched on 12 February 1986 by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan. Commissioned on 1 November 1986 and decommissioned on 31 December 2016.

On 26 October 2017, the ship arrived at Alexandria Naval Base after being gifted by the Republic of Korea Navy. She was renamed ENS Shabab Misr and reclassified as 1000.[2][3]

References

  1. "Pohang (PCC Patrol Combat Corvette)". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  2. "بالصور..صبحى يعود الى ارض الوطن بعد زيارته لكوريا الجنوبية | أخبار مصر". أخبار مصر (in Arabic). 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  3. "Egyptian Navy receives Pohang-class corvette as gift from South Korea". Naval Today. October 26, 2017. Archived from the original on October 29, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
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