Engineering:Kalvari-class submarine (1967)

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Kalvari-class (Foxtrot-class) submarine of the Indian Navy
Class overview
Name: Kalvari class
Builders: Sudomekh, Admiralty Shipyard
Operators:  Indian Navy
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In commission: 1967–2003[1]
Completed: 4
Retired: 4
Preserved: 1
General characteristics
Type: Submarine
Displacement:
  • 1,950 t (1,919 long tons) surfaced
  • 2,475 t (2,436 long tons) submerged
Length: 91.3 m (299 ft 6 in)
Beam: 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Draught: 6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Speed:
  • 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced
  • 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) submerged
Range:
  • 20,000 mi (32,000 km) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced
  • 380 mi (610 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
Test depth: 250 m (820 ft)
Complement: 75 (incl 8 officers)
Armament:
  • 10 533mm torpedo tubes with 22 SET-65E/SAET-60 torpedoes
  • 44 mines in lieu of torpedoes

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..

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Ships

Name Pennant Builder Commissioned Decommissioned Status
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
INS Kursura in dry dock

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