Engineering:IRIS Yunes (903)
.jpg) Younes in July 2011
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| 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: | Kilo-class submarine |
| Displacement: | |
| 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: | |
| Speed: | |
| Range: | |
| Test depth: | Normally 240 m (790 ft)[1] |
| Complement: | 53 (12 officers)[1] |
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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] It was reportedly worth $750 million for two submarines (Taregh and Nooh), with an option for the third (Younes).[4]
Her keel was laid down at Admiralty Shipyard in Saint Petersburg in 1990.[1] She was launched in 1993 and was commissioned on 25 November 1996.[1] Jane's Defence Weekly reported on 8 October 1994 that Iran was considering cancellation of 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] An Iranian naval official said the submarine tested upgraded systems during the mission, identifying and intercepting surface vessels and subsurface float of different countries within area.[7] It also accompanied 14th Flotilla fighting Piracy off the coast of Somalia in July.[8]
On 20 November 2013, Younes left home on a mission to East Asia.[3] Welcomed by local officials, it docked at Mumbai , India on 5 December.[9] The submarine arrived at Colombo, Sri Lanka on 22 December[10] and was visited by Admiral Jayanath Colombage before it left the port.[11]
See also
- List of current ships of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26
- Jane's Fighting Ships 2004–2005, p. 342
- Jane's Fighting Ships 2009–2010, p. 369
- ↑ Singh, Abhijit (2010), "Dark Chill in the Persian Gulf – Iran's Conventional and Unconventional Naval Forces", Maritime Affairs (National Maritime Foundation) 6 (2): 108–113, doi:10.1080/09733159.2010.559788, ISSN 1946-6609
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Iran sends heavy submarine to East Asian waters", Iranian Students' News Agency, 20 November 2013, https://en.isna.ir/news/92082918008/Iran-sends-heavy-submarine-to-East-Asian-waters, retrieved 15 June 2020
- ↑ Faruqi, Anwar (23 November 1992), "Iranian Navy Commissions Russian-Built Sub, First In Gulf", Associated Press, https://apnews.com/23dd159a84834b45e564f8cb13666fb6, retrieved 15 June 2020
- ↑ "Iran Report", Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 2 (1), 4 January 1999, https://www.rferl.org/a/1342909.html
- ↑ "Iran", United States Naval Institute Proceedings (United States Naval Institute) 123: 91, 1997
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Iranian submarine returns home after mission in int'l waters", Trend News Agency, 5 July 2011, https://en.trend.az/iran/1900853.html, retrieved 15 June 2020
- ↑ "Iran's submarine's 'international mission'", United Press International, 5 July 2011, https://www.upi.com/Irans-submarines-international-mission/90631309888074/, retrieved 15 June 2020
- ↑ "Iran's 28th naval fleet enters Indian port of Mumbai", Trend News Agency, 5 December 2013, https://en.trend.az/iran/2218601.html, retrieved 15 June 2020
- ↑ "Iranian Submarine in Colombo", The Daily Mirror, 25 December 2013, http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/iranian-submarine-in-colombo/108-40594, retrieved 15 June 2020
- ↑ "SL Navy Chief visits Iran's submarine", The Daily Mirror, 25 December 2013, http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/sl-navy-chief-visits-irans-submarine/108-40766, retrieved 15 June 2020
- Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2004–2005), Jane's Fighting Ships, Jane's Information Group, ISBN 978-0710626233
- Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2009–2010), Jane's Fighting Ships, Jane's Information Group, ISBN 978-0710628886
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