Kim Shimin-Class Destroyer

Kim Shimin-class destroyer
	The Batch I variants of the Kim Shimin-class, built from 1998 to 2009.
Class overview
Operators:	Zhenia
Preceded by:	Changan-class destroyer
Succeeded by:	Li Zichuan-class destroyer
Built:	1998-2018
In commission:	1998-Present
On order:	2
Building:	2
Completed:	56
Active:	55
Laid up:	1
General characteristics Kim Shimin-class Batch I
Type:	Guided missile destroyer
Displacement:	10,800 metric tons
Length:	list error: <br /> list (help); 163.4 m (at waterline, full load); 178.9 m (max)
Beam:	19.7 m
Draught:	list error: <br /> list (help); 4.88 m (from waterline to hull); 7.47 m (including sonar bulge)
Propulsion:	list error: <br /> list (help); COGAG; 2 x Hanshin Motors GTM-4500 turbines, providing 35 MW of thrust each
Speed:	30+ knots
Range:	13,600 km at 18 knots
Complement:	260
Sensors and ; processing systems:	list error: <br /> list (help); 4-sided AESA radar system; Li-Jien Dynamics Phased Array Integrated Mast (PAIM)
Electronic warfare ; & decoys:	Integrated Electronic Warfare System (IEWS)
Armament:	Guns; 1 x 127 mm/L56 naval gun; 2 x 30 mm dual Gatling gun (on SkyGuard CIWS); 4 x 12.7 mm RWS; Missile capacity; 48 x forward VLS cells; 64 x aft VLS cells; 16 x central VLS cells (for anti-ship missiles);
Aircraft carried:	2 x MH-60R medium lift helicopters and 1 x MQ-8B unmanned helicopter
Aviation facilities:	Helicopter deck and hangar

The Kim Shimin-class destroyer (Zhenian: 김시민급 구축함) is a line of Zhenian-built, conventionally-powered guided missile destroyers primarily in service with the Greater Eastern Union Navy. Intended to replace the significantly aging Changan-class destroyers that had been in service since the 1960s, the Kim Shimin-class has assumed significant roles in fleet defense and as flagships of smaller flotillas. The name of the class comes from Kim Shimin, the eighth Chancellor of Zhenia. It is expected to be complemented by both the smaller Hansan-class frigates and the larger Li Zichuan-class destroyers.

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