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Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 2 of 2
Pohang-class corvettelarger figure on 0 of 2
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Measured figures
10 officers
Single source95 (10 officers)[source]
Range
Single source4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km)[source]
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Configuration
| Specification | Moudge-class frigate | Pohang-class corvette |
|---|---|---|
| Power | 2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators[source] | — |
| Name | Moudge[source] | Pohang class[source] |
| Builders | Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization[source] | Korea Shipbuilding Corporation Korea Tacoma Shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries Daewoo Shipbuilding Hanjin Heavy Industries[source] |
| Operators | Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[source] | Republic of Korea Navy Colombian National Navy Egyptian Navy Peruvian Navy Philippine Navy Vietnam People's Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Alvand class[source] | Donghae class[source] |
| Built | 2001–present[source] | — |
| In service | 2010–present[source] | — |
| Planned | — | |
| Building | — | |
| Completed | 24[source] | |
| Active | 0?[source] | 10 2 Republic of Korea Navy 1 Colombian National Navy 1 Egyptian Navy 2 Peruvian Navy 1 Philippine Navy 3 Vietnam People's Navy[source] |
| Lost | 6 (1 unconfirmed)[source] | — |
| Type | Frigate[source] | Corvette[source] |
| Sensors & processing systems | Asr 3D PESA long-range radar[source] | Combat management system: Signaal SEWACO ZK (Batch II - III) Samsung / Ferranti WSA-423 (Batch IV - VI) Fire control system & radar: Signaal WM28 (Batch II - III) WSA-423 includes FCS (Batch IV - VI) Fire control radar: Samsung /Marconi S1810 (Batch IV - VI) Samsung /Marconi ST1802 (Batch V - VI) Surface search radar: Raytheon AN/SPS-64 (Batch II - VI) STX SPS-300K (Batch IV - VI, after 2014) Optronic director: Signaal LIOD (Batch II - III) Samsung /Radamec 2400 (Batch IV - VI) Sonar: EDO 786 (Batch II) Raytheon AN/SQS-58 (Batch III - VI)[source] |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | 2 × 8 tube chaff launcher[source] | Mk 36 SRBOC GoldStar ULQ-12K ESM SLQ-261K TACM (Batch IV - VI, after 2012) Victek SLQ-201K ESM (Batch IV - VI, after 2019)[source] |
| Armament | Naval guns 1 × 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun 1 × 40 mm Fath-40 AAA or 1 × 30mm Kamand CIWS 2 × 20 mm cannons Oerlikon 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns Surface to air missiles 4 × Mehrab SAM , a naval version of the Sayyad-2 or 4 × Sayyad-3 SAM Anti-ship missiles 4 × Noor or Qader anti-ship missiles (Some ships are equipped with 8 anti-ship missiles) Anti-submarine warfare 2 × triple 324 mm torpedoes[source] | Primary gun: 1 x OTO Melara 76 mm/62 cannon (Batch II) 2 x OTO Melara 76 mm/62 cannon (Batch III - VI) Secondary gun: 2 x Emerson EMERLEC 30 twin Oerlikon 30 mm/75 KCB cannon (Batch II) 2 x Breda DARDO CIWS twin Bofors 40 mm/70 cannon (Batch III - VI) Anti-ship: 2 x MM38 Exocet SSM (Batch II) 2 x 2 RGM-84C Harpoon SSM (Batch IV, after 1999) 2 x 2 SSM-700K C-Star SSM (Batch V - VI, after 2007) 2 x 4 VCM-01M SSM (Vietnamese retrofitting) Anti-submarine: 2 x triple Mark 32 SVTT loaded with Mark 46 ASW torpedo, or K745 Blue Shark ASW torpedo (after 2006) 12 x Mk 9 or KMk 9 depth charge Anti-air: Mistral MANPADS (after 2000) Other armaments: 2 x K6 HMG 2 x M60 Machine guns[source] |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × Bell 214 ASW helicopter[source] | — |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter landing pad[source] | — |
| Succeeded by | — | Incheon class[source] |
| In commission | — | 17 December 1984 – present[source] |
| Retired | — | 14[source] |
| Preserved | — | |
| Propulsion | — | CODOG 1 x GE LM2500 gas turbine engine 2 x MTU 12V 956 TB82 diesel engine[source] |
| Country of origin | — | South Korea[source] |