INS Sindhuvir (S58)

INS Sindhuvir (S58) is a Sindhughosh-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy.[1]

History
Name: INS Sindhuvir
Commissioned: 26 August 1988
Status: in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type: Sindhughosh-class submarine
Displacement:
  • 2325 tons surfaced
  • 3076 tons dived
Length: 72.6 m (238 ft)
Beam: 9.9 m (32 ft)
Draught: 6.6 m (22 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 2 × 3,650 hp (2,720 kW) diesel-electric motors
  • 1 × 5,900 hp (4,400 kW) motor
  • 2 × 204 hp (152 kW) auxiliary motors
  • 1 × 130 hp (97 kW) economic speed motor
Speed:
  • Surfaced; 10 knots (19 km/h)
  • Snorkel Mode; 9 knots (17 km/h)
  • Submerged; 17 knots (31 km/h)
Range:
  • Snorting:6,000 mi (9,700 km) at 7 kn (13 km/h)
  • Submerged:400 miles (640 km) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h)
Endurance: Up to 45 days with a crew of 52
Test depth:
  • Operational Depth; 240 m (790 ft)
  • Maximum Depth; 300 m (980 ft)
Complement: 52 (incl. 13 Officers)
Armament:
  • 9M36 Strela-3 (SA-N-8) SAM launcher
  • Klub-S (3M-54E) ASCM
  • Type 53-65 passive wake homing torpedo
  • TEST 71/76 anti-submarine, active-passive homing torpedo
  • 24 DM-1 mines in lieu of torpedo tube

Refit and Transfer to Myanmar

The ship went to refit at Hindustan Shipyard and was delivered to Indian Navy ahead of its contractual delivery of 9 February 2020[2]. The ship is scheduled to be delivered to Myanmar Navy by March 2020.[3]

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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "HSL finishes refit of INS Sindhuvir before schedule". The Hindu. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  3. Shiv Aroor. "Indian Navy's Sindhuvir Submarine Refit Complete, Handover To Myanmar Next Month". LiveFist. Retrieved 23 February 2020.


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