Engineering:INS Shankul (S47)

Short description: Indian diesel-electric submarine

History
India
Name	INS Shankush
Namesake	Skate Fish
Builder	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, Germany
Launched	11 May 1984
Commissioned	20 November 1986
History
India
Name	INS Shankul
Builder	Mazagon Dock Limited
Launched	21 March 1992
Commissioned	28 May 1994
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 (S47) is a Shishumar-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy. The submarine was the second to be built in India.