INS Kalvari (S23)

History
Name:	INS Kalvari (S23)
Namesake:	"Kalvari" a deep sea tiger shark.
Commissioned:	8 December 1967
Decommissioned:	31 May 1996
Fate:	Decommissioned
Status:	Hull scrapped, fin preserved
General characteristics
Class & type:	Kalvari class submarine
Displacement:	1,950 t (1,919 long tons) surfaced 2,475 t (2,436 long tons) submerged
Length:	91.3 m (299 ft 6 in)
Beam:	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Draught:	6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Speed:	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) submerged
Range:	20,000 mi (32,000 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced 380 mi (610 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
Test depth:	250 m (820 ft)
Complement:	75 (incl 8 officers)
Armament:	10 533mm torpedo tubes with 22 SET-65E/SAET-60 torpedoes 44 mines in lieu of torpedoes

INS Kalvari Submarine Fin at RK Beach

INS Kalvari Submarine Fin at RK Beach

INS Kalvari (S23) was the lead vessel of the Kalvari class of diesel-electric submarines of the Indian Navy.^[1] The submarine was laid down on 27 December 1966 as Foxtrot-class submarine B-51 of the Soviet Navy by Novo-Admiralty at Galerniy Island, Leningrad. The submarine was launched on 15 April 1967 and competed on 26 September 1967.^[2] B-51 was transferred to the Indian Navy in July 1968.^[3] The submarine was removed from service in 1992.^[2]

References

1. http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Submarines/Past/92-Kavari-Class.html
2. "B-51 (6125986)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 10 September 2009. (subscription required (help)).
3. Polmar, Norman; Noot, Jurrien (1991). Submarines of the Russian and Soviet Navies, 1718–1990. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 342. ISBN 978-0-87021-570-4. OCLC 21195060.