Kilo class submarine


An Iranian Kilo class submarine, the Yunes
Class overview
Builders: Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering “Rubin” Shipyard 199 "Krasnoe Sormovo", Nizhniy Novgorod (Gorkiy)
Shipyard 112,"imeni Leninskogo Komsomola", Komsoloľsk na Amure
Shipyard "Leningradskoe Admiralteyskoe Obedinenie" (Admiralteyskie Verfi), Saint Petersburg (Leningrad)
Shipyard "Severnoe Mašinostroiteľnoe Predprijatie", Severodvinsk
Operators:  Soviet Navy
 Russian Navy
 People's Liberation Army Navy
 Indian Navy
 Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
 Polish Navy
 Romanian Naval Forces
 Algerian National Navy
 Vietnamese People's Navy
Preceded by: Tango class submarine
Succeeded by: Lada class submarine
In commission: April 1982
Building: 7
Completed: 57
Active: 48
Retired: 2
General characteristics
Displacement: Surfaced: 2,300–2,350 tons
Submerged:3,000-3,950 tons full load
Length: 70.0–74.0 m
Beam: 9.9 m
Draft: 6.5 m
Depth of hold: Operational: 240 meters
Maximum: 300 meters
Installed power: Diesel-electric
Propulsion: Diesel-electric propulsion
2 x 1000 kW Diesel generators
1 x 5,500–6,800 shp Propulsion motor
1 x fixed-pitch 6 or 7 bladed Propeller (6BL project 877) (7BL project 636)
Speed: Surfaced: 10–12 knots
Submerged: 17–25 knots
Range: With snorkel: 6,000–7,500 miles at 7 knots
Submerged: 400 miles at 3 knots
Full run: 12.7 miles at 21 knots
Endurance: 45 days
Test depth: 300 m
Complement: 52
Armament: 6/533 mm torpedo tubes
18 torpedoes
Club S anti-ship missiles (only on some export versions)
24 mines
8 SA-N-8 Gremlin or 8 SA-N-10 Gimlet Surface-to-air missiles (export submarines may not be equipped with air defense weapons)