| Career | Indian Navy |
|---|---|
| Name: | INS Shalki |
| Builder: | Mazagon Dock Limited |
| Commissioned: | 07 February, 1992[1] |
| Status: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Shishumar class submarine |
| Displacement: | 1450 tons surfaced 1850 tons submerged |
| Length: | 64.4 m (211 ft) |
| Beam: | 6.5 m (21 ft) |
| Draught: | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 4 x 2400 hp diesel-electric motors 1 x Siemens 4600 hp motor 4 x 1.8 MW Siemens alternators 1 shaft |
| Speed: | Surfaced 11 knots (20 km/h) Submerged 22 knots (41 km/h) |
| Range: | Snorting 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h) |
| Test depth: | Test depth 260 m (850 ft) |
| Complement: | 40 (incl 8 Officers) |
| Armament: | 14 x AEG-SUT Mod 1 wire-guided active/passive torpedoes 24 x external strap-on mines |
INS Shalki (S46) is a Shishumar-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy.[2] The submarine was the first ever submarine to be built in India. It was launched in 1987 by the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
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INS Shalki was the first indigenously developed submarine of India....