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Younes in December 1995
History Iran Name Younes Namesake Jonah Operator Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Builder Admiralty Shipyard Laid down 1990 Launched 12 July 1994 Commissioned 25 November 1996 Homeport Bandar Abbas [ 1] Identification 903[ 1] Status In active service General characteristics Class and type Template:Sclass2- Displacement
2,356 tons surfaced,[ 1]
3,076 tons submerged[ 1]
Length 72.6 m (238 ft 2 in)[ 1] Beam 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in)[ 1] Draft 6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)[ 1] Installed power Diesel-electric [ 1] Propulsion
2 × 3,650 horsepower (2.72 MW) Generators[ 1]
1 × 5,500 horsepower (4.1 MW) Propulsion motor[ 1]
1 × 130 horsepower (97 kW) Economic speed motor[ 1]
2 × 204 horsepower (152 kW) Auxiliary propulsion motor[ 1]
1 × Shaft[ 1]
2 × Diesels[ 1]
Speed
Surfaced; 10 knots (19 km/h)[ 1]
Snorkel mode; 9 knots (17 km/h)[ 1]
Submerged; 17 knots (31 km/h)[ 1]
Range
Snorkel mode; 6,000 mi (9,700 km) at 7 kn (13 km/h)[ 1]
Submerged; 400 mi (640 km) at 3 kn (5.6 km/h)[ 1]
Test depth Normally 240 m (790 ft)[ 1] Complement 53 (12 officers)[ 1] Armament
IRIS Younes or Yunes [ 2] Persian : زیردریایی یونس ) is the third Kilo-class attack submarine of Islamic Republic of Iran Navy serving in the Southern Fleet . The submarine is part of the 28th Flotilla.[ 3]
Construction and commissioning
Iran and Russia signed a contract for submarines in 1988.[ 1] $ 750 million for two submarines (Taregh Nooh Younes ).[ 4]
Her keel was laid down at Admiralty Shipyard in Saint Petersburg in 1990.[ 1] launched in 1993 and was commissioned on 25 November 1996.[ 1] Jane's Defence Weekly Younes , due what was later revealed to be continued problems with batteries of the first two received submarines of the same class.[ 5]
The submarine is named after Jonah .[ 6]
Service history
According to Jane's Younes did not appear in Indian Naval Review in February 2001, probably because of a mechanical problem.[ 1]
In July 2011, Younes returned from its first mission in high seas, ending a 66-day deployment since April in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea .[ 7] [ 7] Piracy off the coast of Somalia in July.[ 8]
On 20 November 2013, Younes left home on a mission to East Asia.[ 3] Mumbai , India on 5 December.[ 9] Colombo , Sri Lanka on 22 December[ 10] Jayanath Colombage before it left the port.[ 11]
See also
References
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^ Singh, Abhijit (2010), "Dark Chill in the Persian Gulf – Iran's Conventional and Unconventional Naval Forces", Maritime Affairs , 6 (2), National Maritime Foundation: 108–113, doi :10.1080/09733159.2010.559788 , ISSN 1946-6609 ^ a b "Iran sends heavy submarine to East Asian waters" , Iranian Students' News Agency , 20 November 2013, retrieved 15 June 2020 ^ Faruqi, Anwar (23 November 1992), "Iranian Navy Commissions Russian-Built Sub, First In Gulf" , Associated Press , retrieved 15 June 2020 ^ "Iran Report" , Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty , vol. 2, no. 1, 4 January 1999^ "Iran", United States Naval Institute Proceedings , 123 , United States Naval Institute: 91, 1997 ^ a b "Iranian submarine returns home after mission in int'l waters" , Trend News Agency , 5 July 2011, retrieved 15 June 2020 ^ "Iran's submarine's 'international mission' , United Press International , 5 July 2011, retrieved 15 June 2020 ^ "Iran's 28th naval fleet enters Indian port of Mumbai" , Trend News Agency , 5 December 2013, retrieved 15 June 2020 ^ "Iranian Submarine in Colombo" , The Daily Mirror , 25 December 2013, retrieved 15 June 2020 ^ "SL Navy Chief visits Iran's submarine" , The Daily Mirror , 25 December 2013, retrieved 15 June 2020
Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2004–2005), Jane's Fighting Ships ISBN 978-0710626233 Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2009–2010), Jane's Fighting Ships ISBN 978-0710628886
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