Engineering:Kalvari-class submarine (1967)
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Kalvari-class (Foxtrot-class) submarine of the Indian Navy
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| Name: | Kalvari class |
| Builders: | Sudomekh, Admiralty Shipyard |
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| In commission: | 1967–2003[1] |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Retired: | 4 |
| Preserved: | 1 |
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| Type: | Submarine |
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| Length: | 91.3 m (299 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) |
| Draught: | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
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| Test depth: | 250 m (820 ft) |
| Complement: | 75 (incl 8 officers) |
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Kalvari-class submarines were the first submarines inducted into the Indian Navy. They were variants of the early Soviet Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist.s. Four of the class served in the Indian Navy. Four additional variants of the later Foxtrot class were inducted as the Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist..
Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. has been preserved as a museum on Ramakrishna Mission Beach in Visakhapatnam.[2] The sail of the lead vessel, Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. is also on display at the Visakhapatnam city museum.
Ships
| Name | Pennant | Builder | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Status |
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| Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. | S23 | Sudomekh | 8 December 1967 | 31 May 1996 | Sail on display |
| Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. | S22 | Sudomekh | 6 December 1968 | 18 October 1989 | Sail on display |
| Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. | S21 | Sudomekh | 4 September 1969 | 1 August 2003 | |
| Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. | S20 | Sudomekh | 18 December 1969 | 27 September 2001 | As a museum |

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