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IRANIAN NAVY (IRAN)

SUBMARINES

Yugo submarines (1980s/1991-2007)

1995

Names

6 units

Builders

Yukdaeso-ri SY, North Korea: 6 units

Commissioned

1988 // 1991: 2 units

1980s // 2007: 4 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

2005-2010: 2 units

in service (2019): 4 units

  

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

76 / 90

Length, m

20.0 - 22.0

Breadth, m

2.00

Draught, m

1.60

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 MTU diesel-generator, 1 electric motor

Power, h. p.

160

Max speed, kts

10 / 4

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

550(10) / 50(4)

Armament

2 - 400 TT (bow, 2)

Military load

none

Electronic equipment

nav radar

Complement

2

Diving depth operational, m

~120

   

Project history: In 1991 Iran purchased 2 Yugo-class midget submarines from North Korea. In 2007 four more units were transferred to repay part of North Korea's debts to Iran.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2019