INS Khanderi (S51)

This article is about the Scorpène-class submarine variant; for its namesake Foxtrot-class predecessor, see INS Khanderi (S22).
INS Khanderi during sea trials.
History
India
Name: INS Khanderi
Namesake: Khanderi (S22)
Ordered: 2005
Builder: Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai
Launched: 12 January 2017[1]
Commissioned: December 2017 (expected)[2]
Identification: S51
Status: Sea trials
General characteristics
Class and type: Kalvari-class submarine
Displacement: 1,565 tonnes (1,725 short tons) (CM-2000)
Length: 61.7 m (202 ft) (CM-2000)
Beam: 6.2 m (20 ft)
Draught: 5.4 m (18 ft)
Draft: 5.8 m (19 ft)
Propulsion: Diesel-electric, batteries
Speed:
  • 20 knots (37 km/h) (submerged)
  • 12 kn (22 km/h) (surfaced)
Range:
  • 6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) (submerged)
  • 550 nmi (1,020 km) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (surfaced)
Endurance:
  • 40 days (compact)
  • 50 days (normal)
Test depth: >350 metres (1,150 ft)
Complement: 31
Armament: 6 x 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes for 18 Black Shark heavyweight torpedoes/Varunastra torpedo or SM.39 Exocet antiship missiles, 30 mines in place of torpedoes

INS Khanderi (S51) is the second of the Indian Navy's six Kalvari-class submarines being built in India. It is a diesel-electric attack submarine which is designed by French naval defence and energy company DCNS and being manufactured at Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai.[2]

INS Khanderi, named after Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji's island fort Khanderi.

Status

The submarine was launched in the presence of Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre, Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba and other dignitaries on 12 January 2017. The submarine began its sea trials on 1 June 2017 and is expected to be commissioned by end of 2017.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Submarine 'Khanderi' Launched" (Press release). Indian Navy. 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  2. 1 2 "Second Scorpene submarine ready". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  3. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/first-new-conventional-submarine-to-be-commissioned-in-july-august/articleshow/58930934.cms
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