INS Khanderi at sea
History
India
NameINS Khanderi
NamesakeINS Khanderi (1968)
Ordered2005
BuilderMazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai
Launched12 January 2017[2]
Acquired20 September 2019[3]
Commissioned28 September 2019[4]
IdentificationPennant number: S22[1]
MottoSanskrit: Akhand Abhedya Adrishya[5]
StatusIn active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeKalvari-class submarine
Displacement
  • Surfaced: 1,615 tonnes (1,780 short tons)
  • Submerged: 1,775 tonnes (1,957 short tons)[9]
Length67.5 m (221 ft)[7]
Beam6.2 m (20 ft)[6]
Height12.3 m (40 ft)[7]
Draught5.8 m (19 ft)[6]
Propulsion
Speed
  • Surfaced: 11 kn (20 km/h)
  • Submerged: 20 kn (37 km/h)[6]
Range
  • 6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h) (surfaced)
  • 550 nmi (1,020 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) (submerged)[8]
Endurance50 days[11]
Test depth350 metres (1,150 ft) [12]
Complement
  • 8 officers
  • 35 sailors[10]
Electronic warfare
& decoys		C303/S anti-torpedo countermeasure system[15]
Armament

INS Khanderi (S22) is the second of the Indian Navy's six Kalvari-class submarines being built in India. It is a diesel-electric attack submarine which was designed by French naval defence and energy company DCNS and manufactured at Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai.[16]

The submarine inherits its name and pennant number from INS Khanderi (S22) which served in the Navy from 1968–1989, and was named after Maratha Emperor Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's island fort of Khanderi.

Construction

Commissioning of INS Khanderi

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.[17]

The submarine was commissioned by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 28 September 2019.[4]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Submarine 'Khanderi' Launched" (Press release). Indian Navy. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  3. ^ "INS Khanderi: A Scorpene class submarine, handed over to Navy". 20 September 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Rajnath commissions INS Khanderi attack submarine". The Times of India. 28 September 2019. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Raksha Mantri Commissions INS Khanderi at Mumbai | Indian Navy". Indian Navy. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
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  7. ^ a b c "Curtain Raiser : Kalvari to be Commissioned Tomorrow at Mumbai". pib.nic.in. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  8. ^ Commodore Stephen Saunders, ed. (2005). "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006 (108th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. p. 308. ISBN 0710626924.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Road to development in the 21st century goes through the Indian ocean – Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  11. ^ "India, France to ink Scorpene deal". The Times of India. PTI. 27 September 2005.
  12. ^ "Scorpene 1000". DCNS. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Bedi, Rahul (31 January 2018). "India launches third Scorpène-class submarine". Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018.
  16. ^ Peri, Dinakar (9 January 2017). "Second Scorpene submarine ready". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  17. ^ "First new conventional submarine to be commissioned in July-August - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
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