North Korea fails to launch 2nd destroyer after it suffered damage during ceremony

[Loadstain]

| #BREAKING: "Serious accident" reported at the ceremony to launch a new destroyer in North Korea on Wednesday. The warship was said to be severely damaged as a result (details in pic 3).

https://twitter.com/x/status/1925347544218943605

북 "구축함 진수과정서 엄중 사고"…김정은 "용납못할 범죄행위" | 연합뉴스

(서울=연합뉴스) 하채림 기자 = 북한이 김정은 국무위원장이 지켜보는 가운데 새로 건조한 5천t급 구축함 진수식을 열었으나 함정이 제대로 진수되...

www.yna.co.kr

 

[DEFCON Warning System]

Someone is going to be executed by a deck gun.

 

[Peter Griffin]

Someone is going to be executed by a deck gun.

Better that than a fucking flak cannon like his uncle... oh to be a north korean fly...

 

[Torch]

I keep waiting for the little guy to demonstrate his shark pool.

“No Dear Sister, I expect you to die”

 

[william]

During a launching event at the northeastern port of Chongjin on Wednesday, the newly built 5,000-ton-class destroyer lost its balance and was punctured in its bottom sections after a transport cradle on the stern section slid off first and became stuck, according to the Korean Central News Agency.

North Korea fails to launch 2nd destroyer after it suffered damage during ceremony

North Korea says a new 5,000-ton destroyer key to its naval advancement was damaged during its launching ceremony attended by leader Kim Jong Un.

apnews.com

 

[Ben Dhyani]

| #BREAKING: "Serious accident" reported at the ceremony to launch a new destroyer in North Korea on Wednesday. The warship was said to be severely damaged as a result (details in pic 3).

https://twitter.com/x/status/1925347544218943605

북 "구축함 진수과정서 엄중 사고"…김정은 "용납못할 범죄행위" | 연합뉴스

(서울=연합뉴스) 하채림 기자 = 북한이 김정은 국무위원장이 지켜보는 가운데 새로 건조한 5천t급 구축함 진수식을 열었으나 함정이 제대로 진수되...

www.yna.co.kr

This appears to be the same ship that Irag8er posted an article on, that Kim launched back in April 25?

Post in thread 'DPRK-ROK | 2025'

Apr 27, 2025

Kim Jong-un and his daughter have launched a new 5,000-ton destroyer, the Choe Hyon, armed with "the most powerful weapons," according to North Korean media. Experts say the ship could carry ship-to-surface, ship-to-air, and even short-range tactical nuclear missiles. (KCNA/NK News)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1916483573302931913

• Irag8er

And here.....

North Korea launches new destroyer

SEOUL: North Korea has unveiled a new warship it claims is a destroyer armed with the "most powerful weapons", at a launch ceremony attended by leader Kim Jong Un, state media said on Saturday (Apr 26). The announcement comes about a month after Kim oversaw the test of new suicide and...

www.channelnewsasia.com

 

[Torch]

Maybe fake, maybe a dry dock fitting out after sea trials and official launching? Could be a file photo as I see no damage presented. Questions, questions, questions…. Oh Coffee’s done.

 

[Ben Dhyani]

^ Ok, the story appears to be true, there apparently was a launch of a follow-on destroyer on May 21 which means it was a second destroyer.

KCNA | Homepage

조선중앙통신, 조선중앙통신사, KCNA, 朝鮮中央通信, 朝鲜中央通讯, ACNC, ЦТАК, Korean Central News Agency

kcna.kp

Ceremony of Launching Newly-Built Destroyer Takes Place
Pyongyang, May 22 (KCNA) -- A ceremony of launching a newly-built 5 000-tonnage destroyer took place at the Chongjin Shipyard on May 21.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, watched the ceremony. A serious accident occurred in the course of the launch of the destroyer.
Due to inexperienced command and operational carelessness in the course of the launch, the launch slide of the stern departed first and stranded as the bogie failed to move in parallel, holes made at some sections of the warship's bottom disrupted its balance, and the bow failed to leave the slipway, leading to a serious accident.
After watching the whole course of the accident, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made stern assessment, saying that it was a serious accident and criminal act caused by sheer carelessness, irresponsibility and unscientific empiricism which should never occur and could not be tolerated.

FWIW however, an article from NavalNews on the first launch, seems to imply satellite imagery showed only hull stage follow-on destroyer construction.

Heavily Armed Missile Destroyer Joins North Korean Navy

North Korea has commissioned a heavily armed missile destroyer as largest and most advanced vessel to join its fleet on April 25 in Nampo.

www.navalnews.com

How many further hulls are to follow this first ship is also unclear. At least one more hull appears to be under construction at a second facility in Cheongjin on North Koreas east coast. Kim Jong Un appears to have set an ambitious agenda for significantly enhancing North Korean naval capabilities both above and below water. Construction of multiple hulls suggests quantitative growth for the Korean People’s Army Navy will follow this qualitative leap embodied by Choe Hyon.

 

[alphaecho]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1925520658965950919

 

[Torch]

I am privileged sometimes to watch people like y’all follow through and suss things out. Of course sometimes not so much… really nice work especially @Ben Dhyani and @alphaecho . Thank you.

 

[Peter Griffin]

I keep waiting for the little guy to demonstrate his shark pool.

“No Dear Sister, I expect you to die”