![]() 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] |
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]
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]
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]