Submarines of the Indian Navy

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Details of the Submarines of the Indian Navy, the largest Submarine fleet in Asia.

Contents 1 Present Submarines 2 Future Submarines 3 Decomissioned Submarines 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Present Submarines

• Sindhughosh (Kilo) Class (10 in service)

• • INS Sindhughosh S55 (30 April 1986) - Refit Complete
  • INS Sindhudhvaj S56 (12 June 1987)
  • INS Sindhuraj S57 (20 October 1987) - Refit Complete
  • INS Sindhuvir S58 (26 August 1988) - Refit Complete
  • INS Sindhuratna S59 (22 December 1988) - Refit Complete
  • INS Sindhukesari S60 (16 February 1989) - Refit Complete
  • INS Sindhukirti S61 (04 January 1990) - Undergoing Refit
  • INS Sindhuvijay S62 (08 March 1991) - Refit Complete
  • INS Sindhurakshak S63 (24 December 1997)
  • INS Sindhushastra S65 (19 July 2000)

• Shishumar (Type 209) Class (4 in service)

• • INS Shishumar S44 (22 September 1986) - Refit Complete
  • INS Shankush S45 (20 November 1986)
  • INS Shalki S46 (07 February 1992)
  • INS Shankul S47 (28 May 1994) - Undergoing Refit

• Foxtrot class (2 in service)

• • INS Vela S40 (31 August 1973)
  • INS Vagli S42 (10 August 1974)

[edit] Future Submarines

• Six Scorpene (Being built by Mazagaon Dock Ltd., Mumbai)
• Six U-214/Amur^[1]/S1000 (Under Development by Russia and Italy)^[2]

Nuclear Powered Submarines

• 6 Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) submarine project is still ongoing. (2009) (Being built by the Ship Building Center, Vishakhapatnam) First launch expected in April 2009.^[3]
• 1 Akula According to many reliable sources it is known that one or two akula submarines will join the forces between 2007 to 2008. India signed a lease/purchase deal with Russia in Moscow in the end of 2005.

[edit] Decomissioned Submarines

• Foxtrot class

• • Kalvari S23 (08 December 1967) - decommissioned on 31 May 1996
  • Khanderi S22 (06 December 1968) - decommissioned on 18 October 1989
  • Karanj S21 (04 September 1969) - decommissioned on 01 August 2003
  • Kursura S20 (18 December 1969) - decommissioned on 27 September 2001
  • Vagir S41 (03 November 1973) - decommissioned on 07 June 2001
  • Vagsheer S43 (26 December 1974) - decommissioned on 30 April 1997

Nuclear Powered Submarines

• Charlie class

Submarine tender

• Ugra class
  • Amba A54 (28 December 1968) - decommissioned on 16 July 2006

[edit] See also

• Ships of the Indian Navy
• Aircraft of the Indian Navy
• List of ships of the Indian Navy

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• THE SUBMARINE ARM
• Cruise control