Sin Hung-class hydrofoil torpedo boat

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Class overview
OperatorsFlag of North Korea.svg  Democratic People's Republic of Korea
General characteristics
Type Torpedo boat

The Sin Hung-class hydrofoil torpedo boat is a hydrofoil torpedo boat (PTH) in service with the Korean People's Navy. The class is based on the same hull as the Sin Hung-class torpedo boat, and Sin Hung-class patrol boat. [1]

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Construction

The Sin Hung class were being built by at least 1984, and possibly before then. Although it appears possible that a non-hydrofoil Sing Hung-hulled torpedo boat could be transformed into hydrophilic ones, there has been no evidence that the Korean People's Navy have built any of them this way. [1]

Design

The hydrophilic Sin Hung class has larger sponsons than the non-hydrofoil Sin Hung class, in order to accommodate the hydrofoil mechanism. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Construction and Modification of North Korean Naval Combatants January 1983 through July 1986" (PDF). CIA.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 18, 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.

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