Daedamhan-class destroyer
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 Daedamhan c.1978
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: |
March 1st Shipyards,  Daekan |
| Operators: | Daekanese People's Army Navy |
| Preceded by: | Seongnan-class |
| Succeeded by: | Geolughan-class |
| Built: | 1976-1990 |
| In service: | 1978-present |
| Planned: | 20 |
| Completed: | 14 |
| Cancelled: | 6 |
| Active: | 4 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Retired: | 9 |
| Preserved: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Guided Missile destroyer |
| Displacement: | 4,000 (initial variant) |
| Length: | 147.82 metres (485 feet) |
| Beam: | 15.8 m (52 ft) |
| Draught: | 4.72 metres (15 feet) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft; steam turbines |
| Speed: | 32 knots |
| Range: | 6,480 km (3,500 nmi) at 16 knots (29.6 km/h) |
| Complement: | ~300 |
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| Aircraft carried: | Later variants carry one HU-5 helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: | Later variants may feature one hangar |
The Daedamhan-class destroyers (Daekanese: 대담한, meaning "bold") is a class of guided-missile destroyers of the Daekanese People's Army Navy. They were the first Daekanese class that was purpose-built to be capable of long-range air defence, armed with HHC-5 arm-launchers, a domestic design based on the M-1 Volna/S-125 system that was licensed from Vanquaria. The design of the ship itself is heavily derived from the Vanquarian Kashin-class of destroyers, to the point that some western observers have called the Daedamhan a sublcass of the Kashin.
As of 2020, four ships remain in active service with the Daekanese People's Army Navy, and are in the process of being retired. One ship, the DPAN Ppaleun, was converted into a museum ship in 2018.