Sindhughosh-class submarines are Project 877 Platus (Halibut) hunter-killer diesel-electric submarines in active service with the Indian Navy. The Sindhughosh submarines, designated 877EKM, were designed and built under a contract between Rosvooruzhenie and the Ministry of Defence (India). It cost Indian taxpayers $113 000 000.
The submarines have a displacement of 3000 tonnes, a maximum diving depth of 300 meters, top speed of 18 knots, and are able to operate solo for 45 days with a crew of 53. The last sub was the first to be equipped with the 3M-54 Klub antiship cruise missiles with a range of 220 km.
INS Sindhurakshak (Sanskrit for "Protector of the Seas"), pennant S63, was constructed at the Admiralty Shipyard in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Construction began in 1995. It was launched in June 1997 and delivered to India in December 1997. It was commissioned on 24 December 1997, and was the ninth of the ten Sindhughosh-class submarines in the Indian Navy. It took part in the Kargil war with Pakistan in 1999. The submarine suffered a major fire and three munitions explosions on 14 August 2013 and sank at Mumbai's naval dockyard with the death of 18 crew members. After being used for commando training, the wreck was sunk in the Arabian Sea in mid-2017.
Length:72.6 m Beam: 9.9 m Draught: 6.6 m
Propulsion: 2 × diesel-electric motors, 2,722 kW each
Speed: 19 km/h surfaced; 31 km/h submerged
Range: 9700 km at 13 km/h snorkeling; 640 km at 5.6 km/h submerged
Test depth: 300 m
Complement: 53
Armament:
Club-S missile
Type 53-65 torpedo
TEST 71/76 anti-submarine, active-passive homing torpedo
24 × DM-1 mines in lieu of torpedoes
(data courtesy of Wikipedia)
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| INS Sindhurakshak, 877EKM #S63 |
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| INS Sindhurakshak, 877EKM #S63 |
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| INS Sindhurakshak, 877EKM #S63 |
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| INS Sindhurakshak, 877EKM #S63 |
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| Salvage operation of remains of Sindhurakshak |
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| Crest of the INS Sindhurakshak S63 |
