NAMPO-class minelayer

Country of Origin: South Korea

ship list


 0 (+1) NAMPO-class MINELAYER (MM)

 Name    Pendant    Launched       Commissioned    Status
 NAMPO   MLS-570    May 27, 2015   2018            Building

description

The NAMPO class is a South Korean-designed minelayer. It is a follow-on to the WONSAN class , which was truncated to one ship due to financial difficulties in the 1990s. Four or five ships in the new class may be procured.

The new ships will upgrade the South Korean navy's underwater capabilities, improve mine warfare and...

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