IRIS Taregh (901)
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IRIS Taregh or Tareq (Persian: زیردریایی طارق) is the first Kilo-class attack submarine of Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, serving in the Southern Fleet. The submarine is part of the 33rd Flotilla, along with two other vessels.[2]
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Iran | |
Namesake | Tariq ibn Ziyad |
Operator | Islamic Republic of Iran Navy |
Ordered | 1988 |
Builder | Admiralty Shipyard |
Cost | $375 million |
Laid down | 1988 |
Launched | 25 September 1991 |
Commissioned | 21 November 1992 |
Refit | 2005, 2012 |
Homeport | Bandar Abbas[1] |
Identification | 901[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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It is the first ever submarine commissioned by any country to serve in the Persian Gulf[3] and the second Iranian-owned submarine after IIS Kousseh (SS 101), which never became operational in the country's fleet.