Sunday, 21 May 2017

Indian Navy Submarines

1. Chakra Class


INS Chakra is an 8,140-tonne Akula class, nuclear-powered submarine..The submarine was commissioned on 04 April, 2012.


Name           Pennant No.           Date of Commission 

Chakra             S 71                     04 Apr 2012 

2. Sindhughosh Class

Sindhughosh class submarines are the Kilo class diesel-electric submarines. They are designated 877EKM, and were built under a contract between Rosvooruzhenie and the Ministry of Defence (India).

The submarines have a displacement of 3,000 tonnes, a maximum diving depth of 300 meters, top speed of 18 knots, and are able to operate solo for 45 days with a crew of 53.

Name                     Pennant No                        Date of Commission 


Sindhugosh           S 55                                      30 Apr 1986 

Sindhudhvaj          S 56                                      12 Jun 1987 

Sindhuraj              S 57                                       20 Oct 1987 

Sindhuvir             S 58                                        26 Aug 1988 

Sindhuratna         S 59                                        22 Dec 1988 

Sindhukesari       S 60                                         16 Feb 1989 

Sindhukirti          S 61                                          04 Jan 1990 
Sindhuvijay          S 62                                          08 Mar 1991 

Sindhushashtra     S 65                                         19 Jul 2000 



3. Shishumar Class



The Shishumar class vessels (Type 1500) are diesel-electric submarines..These submarines are developed by the German yard Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW).The first two of these vessels were built by HDW at Kiel, while the remainder have been built at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) Mumbai. The ships were commissioned between 1986 and 1994. These submarines have a displacement of 1660 tons when surfaced, a speed of 22 knots (41 km/h), and a complement of 40 including eight officers. The submarines has the provision of an IKL-designed escape system.


Name                            Pennant No.              Date of Commissioning 

Shishumar                      S 44                         22 Sep 1986 

Shankush                        S 45                        20 Nov 1986 

Shalki                             S 46                        07 Feb 1992 

Shankul                           S 47                       28 May 1994 



NOTE:-All Submarines are prefixed with letters 'INS' when being referred to by their Indian Navy designated Names


Classification of Indian submarine 








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