| Career | Indian Navy |
|---|---|
| Name: | INS Sindhukirti |
| Commissioned: | 04 January, 1990 |
| Status: | Under Refit |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Sindhughosh class submarine |
| Displacement: | 2325 tons surfaced 3076 tons dived |
| Length: | 72.6 m (238 ft) |
| Beam: | 9.9 m (32 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.6 m (22 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x 3650 hp diesel-electric motors 1 x 5900 hp motor 2 x 204 hp auxiliary motors 1 x 130 hp economic speed motor |
| Speed: | Surfaced;10 knots (19 km/h) Snorkel Mode;9 knots (17 km/h) Submerged;17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Range: | Snorting:6,000 mi (9,700 km) at 7 kn (13 km/h) Submerged:400 miles (640 km) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h) |
| Endurance: | Up to 45 days with a crew of 52 |
| Test depth: | Operational Depth;240 m (790 ft) Maximum Depth;300 m (980 ft) |
| Complement: | 52 (incl. 13 Officers) |
| Armament: | 9M36 Strela-3 (SA-N-8) SAM launcher Klub-S (3M-54E) ASCM Type 53-65 passive wake homing torpedo TEST 71/76 anti-submarine, active-passive homing torpedo 24 DM-1 mines in lieu of torpedo tube |
INS Sindhukirti (S61) is a Sindhughosh-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy.[1] The submarine has been in the refit yard at Visakapatnam since the last 5 years, and is expected to remain in the refit dock til 2012, basically 1/3 of its total lifespan at sea.
Commissioning Commanding Officer: Lt.Cdr. Kannan Ramdas (Retd as Commander)
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