Yugo class submarine
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Yugo class |
| Builders: | Yukdaeso-ri shipyard |
| Operators: |  Democratic People's Republic of Korea Iran |
| Succeeded by: | Sang-O class |
| In commission: | Late 1960s |
| Completed: | ? |
| Active: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | midget submarine |
| Displacement: | 90 tons (submerged) |
| Length: | 20m |
| Beam: | 2m |
| Propulsion: | Single-shaft MTU diesel engine |
| Speed: | 10 kts surfaced 4 kts submerged |
| Range: | Unable to reach the southern extreme of South Korea |
| Capacity: | 4-6 Special forces troops |
| Armament: | Some armed with two 21-inch torpedoes, possibly in drop collars. |
| Notes: | First successful indigenous midget submarine |
The Yugo class submarine is a class of four midget submarines used primarily for infiltration and espionage by North Korea. The class is so named because it was built to plans supplied to North Korea by Yugoslavia in 1965. Their final example was built in the 1980s, after which they were superseded by the Sang-O class submersibles. In July 2007, 4 of them were supplied to Iran to repay some of North Korea's debts to Iran.
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