History
India
Name	INS Shankush
Namesake	Skate Fish
Builder	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, Germany
Launched	11 May 1984
Commissioned	20 November 1986
Status	in active service
History
India
Name	INS Shankul
Builder	Mazagon Dock Limited
Launched	21 March 1992
Commissioned	28 May 1994[1]
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Shishumar-class submarine
Displacement	1450 tons surfaced 1850 tons submerged
Length	64.4 m (211 ft)
Beam	6.5 m (21 ft)
Draught	6 m (20 ft)
Propulsion	4 × 2,400 hp (1,800 kW) diesel-electric motors 1 × Siemens 4,600 hp (3,400 kW) motor 4 × 1.8 MW (2,400 hp) Siemens alternators 1 shaft
Speed	Surfaced 11 knots (20 km/h) Submerged 22 knots (41 km/h)
Range	Snorting 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h)
Test depth	Test depth 260 m (850 ft)
Complement	40 (incl 8 officers)
Armament	14 × AEG-SUT Mod 1 wire-guided active/passive torpedoes 24 × external strap-on mines

INS Shankul (S47) is a Shishumar-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy.^[2] The submarine was the second to be built in India.