INS Shalki (S46)

History
India
Name:	INS Shalki
Builder:	Mazagon Dock Limited
Commissioned:	7 February 1992[1]
Status:	in active service
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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 Shalki (S46) is a Shishumar-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy.^[2] The submarine was the first ever submarine to be built in India. It was launched in 1987 by the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

References

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