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KOREA (NORTH)
SUBMARINES
YUGO midget submarines (1969-1988)
Photo
captured craft 1998
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | lost 22.8.1998? | ||||
| ii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 1990s? | ||||
| iii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 1990s? | ||||
| iv | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 1990s? | ||||
| v | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 1990s? | ||||
| vi | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 1990s? | ||||
| vii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 1990s? | ||||
| viii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 1990s? | ||||
| ix | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 1990s? | ||||
| x | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 1990s? | ||||
| xi | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2000s? | ||||
| xii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2000s? | ||||
| xiii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2000s? | ||||
| xiv | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xv | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xvi | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xvii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xviii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xix | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xx | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xxi | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xxii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xxiii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xxiv | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xxv | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xxvi | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xxvii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xxviii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xxix | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xxx | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xxxi | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xxxii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xxxiii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xxxiv | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xxxv | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xxxvi | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xxxvii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xxxviii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xxxix | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xl | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xli | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xlii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xliii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xliv | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xlv | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xlvi | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xlvii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | stricken 2010s? | ||||
| xlviii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | in service (2019)? | ||||
| xlix | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | in service (2019)? | ||||
| l | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | in service (2019)? | ||||
| li | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | in service (2019)? | ||||
| lii | Yukdaeso-ri | 1969-88 | in service (2019)? |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t |
|
|---|---|
| Displacement normal, t | 90 / 110 |
| Length, m | 24.0 |
| Breadth, m | 3.10 |
| Draught, m | 1.60 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | 2 MTU diesel-generators, 1 electric motor |
| Power, h. p. | 320 |
| Max speed, kts | 12 / 8 |
| Fuel, t | diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 550(10) / 50(4) |
| Armament | 12 boats: 2 - 400 TT (bow, 2) 38 boats: none |
| Military load | 12 boats: none 38 boats: 6-7 special forces personnel, 1 rubber boat, small arms, AT rockets |
| Electronic equipment | nav radar (on some) |
| Complement | 2 |
| Diving depth operational, m | 100 |
Standard scale images
1980
Graphics
captured craft 1998
Project history
Western nickname derives from the probably erroneous belief that Yugoslavia provided some design and technical support input to this extremely primitive design. Primarily intended for the insertion of saboteurs and other special forces personnel and operated for (and possibly by) the Reconnaissance Bureau of the Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces rather than the navy proper.The casing and sail are made of GRP. There are 10 watertight compartments to the pressure hull. Small arms and antitank rockets are carried for the saboteur swimmers, as is a rubber boat.
Modernizations
none
Naval service
One unarmed unit was caught in a fishing net off the northeast coast of South Korea on 22-8-98 and after the murder/suicide of the nine-man crew was brought into a South Korean port; the craft was not equipped with a sonar system and had no torpedo tubes.
