INS Shankul (S47)

History
India
Name: INS Shankul
Builder: Mazagon Dock Limited
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 (S44) is a Shishumar-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy.[2] The submarine was the second to be built in India.

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 4, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 19, 2009. Retrieved August 6, 2009.



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