SIN HUNG (GC-408) class (Nicaragua)

 2 North Korean SIN HUNG class PATROL BOATS (PB)

 Pendant      Status

 GC-408       Active
 GC-412       Active

A total of 10 of this class were delivered: two in October of 1983, two in 1984 and six in March of 1989. They are former torpedo boats. The entire class was believed to have been discarded around 1998, but in 2000 two of the boats were reactivated. At that point, their M-50 diesels were replaced b y MTU truck diesels.

Two units are active.

 North Korea

 Displacement:       25 tons standard
 Dimensions:
      length         60 ft      (18.30 m) overall
      beam           11 ft 2 in ( 3.40 m)
      draft           5 ft 6 in ( 1.70 m) maximum
 Propulsion:         2 MTU diesels; Unknown total bhp;
                       2 shafts
 Performance:
      speed          40 knots
 Manning:            10 total
 Combat Systems:
      guns           2 twin 14.5-mm/93 cal. (2M-7) machine guns
      radars         1 Furuno type navigation

None.