INS Shankul (S47)

Career
Name: INS Shankul
Builder: Mazagon Dock Limited
Commissioned: 28 May, 1994[1]
Status: in active service, as of 2015
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 Shankul (S44) is a Shishumar class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy.[2] The submarine was the second submarine to be built in India.

References

  1. http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Submarines/Active/93-Shishumar-Class.html
  2. http://indiannavy.nic.in/sub_shishumar.htm