South Korea Navy Losses, Sinkings & Commissionings
Every recorded change to the South Korea fleet: warships sunk, destroyed, delivered, commissioned or retired, each with a date and source. View all navy events.
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2022–2026
2026 is a partial year: the bars run to 18 Oct 2026.
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9 events logged · 0 hulls lost
These totals count what GlobalMilitary.net has logged from public reports since 2022, not a complete register: an event we have not recorded is not an event that did not happen. Coverage of the tracked wars is much denser than coverage of peacetime events, so the two do not compare directly.
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South Korea navy losses, sinkings & commissionings
- AUG 142026 ROKS Chamsuri-231 (Chamsuri (PKX-B Batch-II)) Delivered 🇰🇷 South Korea · First PKX-B Batch-II fast patrol craft handed over at Busan; three sisters follow by the end of the year.
- JUL 312026 KDDX Ordered 🇰🇷 South Korea · DAPA signed an 838 billion won contract with Hanwha Ocean for detailed design and construction of the KDDX lead ship.
- JUN 192026 ROKS Gyeongbuk (Chungnam) Delivered 🇰🇷 South Korea · Delivered by SK Oceanplant at Goseong, second FFX Batch-III (Chungnam-class) frigate.
- DEC 312025 ROKS Gwangmyeong (Pohang) Retired 🇰🇷 South Korea · Decommissioned after 36 years; Pohang-class corvette that sank a North Korean semi-submersible in 1998.
- DEC 312025 ROKS Jang Bogo (Chang Bogo) Retired 🇰🇷 South Korea · South Korea's first submarine decommissioned after 34 years, following a farewell ceremony at Jinhae.
- JUL 312025 ROKS Hyangnobong (Gojunbong) Damaged 🇰🇷 South Korea · Auxiliary engine-room fire while docking at Jinhae naval base; crew members injured.
- DEC 182024 ROKS Chungnam (Chungnam) Delivered 🇰🇷 South Korea · Lead FFX Batch-III frigate delivered by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries at Ulsan after nearly two years of trials.
- NOV 272024 ROKS Jeongjo the Great (Sejong the Great (KDX-III Batch-II)) Delivered 🇰🇷 South Korea · First KDX-III Batch-II Aegis destroyer delivered by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries at Ulsan; South Korea's fourth Aegis ship.
- APR 42024 ROKS Shin Chae-ho (Dosan Ahn Changho) Delivered 🇰🇷 South Korea · Third KSS-III Batch-I submarine delivered by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries at Ulsan after 30 months of trials.