INS Shishumar (S44)

History
Name: INS Shishumar
Builder: Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, Germany
Commissioned: 22 September 1986
Status: in active service, as of 2016
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General characteristics
Class & 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 × 2400 hp diesel-electric motors
  • 1 × Siemens 4600 hp motor
  • 4 × 1.8 MW 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 Shishumar (S44) is the lead vessel of the Shishumar class of diesel-electric submarines of the Indian Navy.[1]

References

  1. ↑ http://indiannavy.nic.in/sub_shishumar.htm



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