ROKS ''Yun Bong-gil'' (SS-077) is the fifth boat of the ''Sohn Won-yil''-class

submarine A submarine (often shortened to sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. (It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability.) The term "submarine" is also sometimes used historically or infor ...

in the

Republic of Korea Navy The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN; ), also known as the ROK Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, South Korean armed forces, responsible for naval and Amphibious warfare, amphibious operations. The South ...

. She is named after the Korean independence activist,

Yun Bong-gil Yun Bong-gil (; 21 June 1908 – 19 December 1932) was a Korean independence movement, Korean independence activist. His art name is Maeheon (). He is most notable for his role in the Hongkou Park Incident, in which he set off a bomb that kille ...

Design

There are media reports that the ''Sohn Won-yil'' is equipped with eight 533 mm torpedo tubes, and that South Korea will mount a Korean Tomahawk missile, Hyunmoo-3, with a range of 500 km. It is said that they are also developing versions with a range of 1000 km and 1500 km, but there was no confirmation of whether this version could be mounted on a 533mm torpedo tube. Originally, the American Tomahawk missile was conceptually designed to be launched from a 533mm torpedo tube. Korea has also recently succeeded in localizing it. The Cheonryong missile with a range of 500 km has been installed in the ''Sohn Won-yil''-class and has been deployed and is in operation. Germany, which exported the ''Sohn Won-yil''-class ( class 214), is using a Type 212 submarine that uses the same AIP system with the same displacement. It has a range of 20 km, and is equipped with four 533 mm torpedo tube, and is capable against air, surface, and submarine targets.

Construction and career

ROKS ''Yun Bong-gil'' was launched on 3 July 2014 by

Hyundai Heavy Industries HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI; ) is the world's largest shipbuilding company and a major heavy equipment manufacturer. Its headquarters are in Ulsan, South Korea. History HHI was founded in 1972 by Chung Ju-yung as a division ...

and commissioned on 20 June 2016.

Gallery

File:ROKS Yun Bonggil (SS 077) 190605-N-SS370-0028.jpg, ROKS ''Yun Bong-gil'' in Guam on 5 June 2019 File:ROKS Yun Bonggil (SS 077) 190605-N-SS370-0029.jpg File:ROKS Yun Bonggil (SS 077) 190605-N-SS370-0117.jpg File:ROKS Yun Bonggil (SS 077) 190605-N-SS370-0065.jpg File:ROKS Yun Bonggil (SS 077) 190605-N-SS370-0089.jpg File:ROKS Yun Bonggil (SS 077) 190605-N-SS370-0081.jpg

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yun Bong-gil Attack submarines 2014 ships Ships built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Group Type 214 submarines