FFX replaces older Ulsan class frigates and Pohang class corvettes. In 1986 one of the Pohang’s confronted and sank a North Korean gunboat that entered South Korean waters and refused to obey signals ...

The South Korean Navy currently operates 160 ships with a total displacement of 233,000 tons, including 21 submarines, 13 destroyers, 18 frigates, three corvettes, and 34 patrol boats, as well as 21 ...

The new warships are designed to replace South Korea's indigenous and aging fleet of Ulsan-class frigates and Pohang-class patrol combat corvettes.

FFX ships will replace the older Ulsan class frigates and Donghae/Pohang class corvettes by 2020, according to the Navy. The first six FFX ships are to be built by 2015 to replace the current nine ...

South Korea’s six FFX Batch IV frigates are expected to be delivered by 2032 and will full retirement of remaining Pohang-class corvettes and Ulsan-class frigates, and possibly Gwanggaeto-class ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Navy has announced that its first missile-capable frigate, the future BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150), will start its sea trials in South Korea. The series of ...