INS Sindhuratna (S59)
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | INS Sindhuratna |
| Commissioned: | 22 December 1988 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2015 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Sindhughosh class |
| 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 Sindhuratna (S59) is a Sindhughosh-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy.[1]
On 26 February 2014 smoke was detected on Indian Navy submarine INS Sindhuratna off Mumbai coast, and onboard 4-5 sailors were airlifted to a Mumbai hospital after they fell unconscious from suffocation. The senior-most submarine officer of the Western Naval Command was on board.[2] 2 people were killed while 7 were injured. The cause of the fire remains unknown. As per reports, smoke had engulfed compartment No. 3 in the sailors’ accommodation area when the submarine was underwater during a training mission, leading to deaths and injuries.[3][4]
The two officers killed in the accident were Lt. Commander Kapish Muwal and Lt. Commander Manoranjan Kumar. Their funeral would be done in full military honor and the Naval Ensign will be lowered to half mast in their honor.[5]
References
- ↑ "Sindhughosh Class". Indian Navy. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ↑ "NDTV News". Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ↑ "Indian Navy initiates Probe into INS Sindhuratna Accident". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- ↑ may have caused blast in INS Sindhuratna
- ↑ "Full military honours for dead officers in INS Sindhuratna Tragedy". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
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