List of submarines of the Indian Navy

This is a list of submarines of the Indian Navy, grouped by class, and ordered by pennant numbers within the class.[1]

In service
Class Picture Type Boats Origin Displacement[lower-alpha 1] Note
Nuclear-powered submarines (2)
Chakra (Akula II) class Attack submarine (SSN) INS Chakra (S71) Russia 8,140 tonnes Under a 10-year lease from Russia since 2012.
Arihant class Ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) INS Arihant India 6,000 tonnes
Diesel-electric submarines (14)
Shishumar class Attack submarine INS Shishumar (S44)
INS Shankush (S45)
INS Shalki (S46)
INS Shankul (S47)		 West Germany
India		 1,850 tonnes Shishumar and Shankush scheduled for mid-life refit in 2020-21.[2]
Kalvari class Attack submarine INS Kalvari (S21)[3]
INS Khanderi (2017)		 France
India		 2000 tonnes
Sindhughosh class Attack submarine INS Sindhughosh (S55)
INS Sindhudhvaj (S56)
INS Sindhuraj (S57)
INS Sindhuratna (S59)
INS Sindhukesari (S60)
INS Sindhukirti (S61)
INS Sindhuvijay (S62)
INS Sindhurashtra (S65)		 Soviet Union
Russia		 3,076 tonnes Sindhuraj and Sindhukesari currently undergoing mid-life refit. Sindhughosh scheduled for refit in 2020.[2]
Sindhuvir is to be to be transferred to Myanmar Navy in 2020.[4]

Under construction
Class Picture Type Boats Origin Displacement[lower-alpha 1] Note
Nuclear submarines (1)
Arihant class Ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) INS Arighat India 6,000 - 7,000 tonnes Arighat has been launched.[5]
Diesel-electric submarines (5)
Kalvari class Attack submarine INS Karanj[6]
INS Vela[7]
INS Vagir[8]
INS Vagsheer[8]		 France
India		 1,870 tonnes Karanj and Vela are under sea trials.[9]

Planned
Class Picture Type No. of Boats Origin Displacement Status Note
Arihant class Ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) 4  India 6,000 - 7,000 tonnes 1 commissioned,[10] 1 launched,[11]

2 under construction[12]

 A total of four submarines planned in two flights.[13] The first boat of the class, INS Arihant, commissioned in August 2016.[14] The second boat, INS Arighat, is being prepared for sea trials.[13]
S5 class Ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) 3  India 13,500 tonnes 3 planned Project was approved with a budget of ₹10,000 crore (US$1.4 billion).[13][15][16]
Indigenous SSN class Attack submarine (SSN) 6  India 6,000 tonnes 6 planned 6 boats are planned and are expected to be constructed at the Shipbuilding Centre (SBC) at Visakhapatnam.[17] Project clearance was granted by the Cabinet Committee on Security in February 2015.[18]
Akula class Attack submarine (SSN) 1  Russia 12,770 tonnes 1 planned In March 2019, India signed a US$3 billion agreement with Russia to lease another Akula-class submarine, which is expected to join the Indian Navy by 2025.[19]

Decommissioned
Class Ships Origin Commissioned Decommissioned Displacement[lower-alpha 1] Note
Nuclear-powered attack submarines
Charlie class INS Chakra (K-43) Soviet Union 1 September 1987 January 1991 5,000 tonnes Leased for 10 years but returned to Soviet Union in 1991 after 3 years. Decommissioned and scrapped 1992.
Diesel-electric submarines
Kalvari class INS Kalvari (S23)
INS Khanderi (S22)
INS Karanj (S21)
INS Kursura (S20)
 Soviet Union 8 December 1967
6 December 1968
4 September 1969
18 December 1969
 31 May 1996
18 October 1989
1 August 2003
27 September 2001
 2,475 tonnes Sail on display
Sail on display
Unknown
As a museum
Vela class INS Vela (S40)
INS Vagir (S41)
INS Vagli (S42)
INS Vagsheer (S43)
 Soviet Union 31 August 1973
3 November 1973
10 August 1974
26 December 1974
 25 June 2010
7 June 2001
9 December 2010
30 April 1997
 2,475 tonnes Unknown
Unknown
To be preserved as a museum
Unknown
Sindhughosh class INS Sindhurakshak (S63) Russia 24 December 1997 6 March 2017 3,076 tonnes Decommissioned/sunk after accident/salvage
INS Chakra (S71), a leased Soviet Charlie-class nuclear submarine.
INS Kursura museum ship

See also
Indian navy related lists
Indian military related

Notes
  1. Displacement when submerged

References
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