Soho-class frigate

Class overview
Name:	Soho
Builders:	Najin Shipyards [1]
Operators:	Korean People's Navy
In commission:	1982-?
Building:	?
Planned:	Unknown
Completed:	1
Retired:	1
General characteristics (as per Janes)
Type:	Twin-hulled frigate
Displacement:	1640 tons full load
Length:	73.8m
Beam:	15.5m
Draught:	3.8m
Propulsion:	Unknown
Speed:	23 kts
Range:	Unknown
Complement:	190[2]
Sensors and processing systems:	Radar Surface search - Square Tie Fire control - Drum Tilt Sonar Stag horn sonar; hull-mounted active search/attack
Electronic warfare & decoys:	China RW-23 Jug Pair (Watch Dog) ESM
Armament:	Missiles four CSS-N-2 SSM; Guns One 100mm/56; four 37mm/63 (2 twin); four 25mm/60 (2 twin); Anti-submarine mortars Two RBU 1200 5-tube fixed launchers
Armour:	Light
Aircraft carried:	None?
Aviation facilities:	landing platform for medium helicopter, no visible hangar
Notes:	Twin-hulled design; continuous maindeck from stem to sternShips in class include: Experimental - only one built, Pennant number 823

The Soho-class frigates are a class of naval warship currently in use by North Korea. The warships use a twin-hulled design, which is unusual for a country such as North Korea. There is only one ship in the class, making it likely that the ship is purely experimental.

In 2014 it was reported that the ship was retired and scrapped in 2009, however the new light helicopter-carrier frigate of Nampo-class has been designed as its replacement. ^[3]

References

1. The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships. p. 424.
2. The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships. p. 424.
3. http://38north.org/2014/05/jbermudez051514/

• Wertheim, Eric (2007). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World. Naval Institute Press. p. 424. ISBN 1-59114-955-X.