INS Khanderi (2017)
Appearance
File:INS Khanderi (S51) during sea trials.jpg INS Khanderi during sea trials.
| |
History | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Name | INS Khanderi |
Namesake | Khanderi (S22) |
Ordered | 2005 |
Builder | Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai |
Launched | 12 January 2017[1] |
Commissioned | mid-2018 (expected) |
Status | Sea trials |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
Displacement |
|
Length | 67.5 m (221 ft)[3] |
Beam | 6.2 m (20 ft)[2] |
Height | 12.3 m (40 ft)[3] |
Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft)[2] |
Propulsion | |
Speed |
|
Range | |
Endurance | 50 days[7] |
Test depth | 350 metres (1,150 ft) [8] |
Complement |
|
Electronic warfare & decoys | C303/S anti-torpedo countermeasure system[11] |
Armament |
|
INS Khanderi (2017) is the second of the Indian Navy's six Template:Sclass-s 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.[12]
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[13] and is expected to be commissioned by mid-2018.[14]
See also
References
- ^ "Submarine 'Khanderi' Launched" (Press release). Indian Navy. 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
- ^ a b c d Rahmat, Ridzwan (7 June 2017). "India's second Scorpène submarine begins sea trials". Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017.
{{cite web}}
: Unknown parameter|dead-url=
ignored (|url-status=
suggested) (help) - ^ a b c "Curtain Raiser : Kalvari to be Commissioned Tomorrow at Mumbai". pib.nic.in. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ Commodore Stephen Saunders, ed. (2005). "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006 (108th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. p. 308. ISBN 0710626924.
- ^ Bedi, Rahul (14 December 2017). "Indian Navy commissions first licence-built Scorpène-class submarine". Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017.
{{cite web}}
: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|8=
(help); Unknown parameter|dead-url=
ignored (|url-status=
suggested) (help) - ^ "Road to development in the 21st century goes through the Indian ocean – Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "India, France to ink Scorpene deal". The Times of India. PTI. 27 September 2005.
- ^ "Scorpene 1000". DCNS. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
{{cite web}}
: Unknown parameter|deadurl=
ignored (|url-status=
suggested) (help) - ^ Bonsignore, Luca (2005). ""Carrera": The first real Spanish export-submarine floated". Naval Forces. Vol. 26, no. 1. Aldershot: Monch Publications. p. 135. ISSN 0722-8880.
18 torpedoes and missiles can be carried otherwise 30 mines.
- ^ Dominguez, Gabriel (22 September 2017). "MDL delivers first of six Scorpène-class submarines to Indian Navy". Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017.
{{cite web}}
: Unknown parameter|dead-url=
ignored (|url-status=
suggested) (help) - ^ Bedi, Rahul (31 January 2018). "India launches third Scorpène-class submarine". Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Second Scorpene submarine ready". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
- ^ "First new conventional submarine to be commissioned in July-August - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "INS Kalvari: 10 facts about the first made-in-India Scorpene class submarine - PM Modi commissions INS Kalvari". The Economic Times. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to INS Khanderi (S51).