List of submarines of the Indian Navy

This is a list of submarines of the Indian Navy, grouped by class, and ordered by pennant numbers within the class.^[1]

Commissioned submarines

Class	Picture	Type	Boats	Origin	Displacement[lower-alpha 1]	Note
Nuclear-powered submarines (2 in service)
Arihant class		Ballistic missile submarine (SSBN)	INS Arihant (S73)	India	6,000 tonnes	Commissioned in August 2016.[2]
Chakra (Akula II) class		Attack submarine (SSN)	INS Chakra (S71)	Russia	12,770 tonnes	Under a 10-year lease from Russia since 2012.
Diesel-electric submarines (13 in Service)
Sindhughosh class		Attack submarine	INS Sindhughosh (S55) INS Sindhudhvaj (S56) INS Sindhuraj (S57) INS Sindhuvir (S58) INS Sindhuratna (S59) INS Sindhukesari (S60) INS Sindhukirti (S61) INS Sindhuvijay (S62) INS Sindhurashtra (S65)	Soviet Union	3,076 tonnes	S63 Sindhurakshak exploded and sank on 14 August 2013. Officials say it is "highly unlikely" she will return to active service,[3] although she was salvaged in June 2014.[4]
Shishumar class		Attack submarine	INS Shishumar (S44) INS Shankush (S45) INS Shalki (S46) INS Shankul (S47)	Germany	1,850 tonnes	To be upgraded to prolong service life.[5]

Under construction

Class	Picture	Type	Boats	Origin	Displacement[lower-alpha 1]	Note
Nuclear-powered submarines
Arihant class		Ballistic missile submarine (SSBN)	INS Aridhaman (S74)	India	6,000 tonnes	Lead vessel Arihant commissioned in August 2016.[2][6]
Diesel-electric submarines (6 under construction)
Kalvari class		Attack submarine	INS Kalvari (S50)[7] INS Khanderi (S51)[7] S 52 S 53 S 54 S 55	France  India	1,565 tonnes	Lead vessel Kalvari to be commissioned in December 2016.[8] Five other vessels expected to be delivered and commissioned from 2017-2020.[9]

Decommissioned submarines

Class	Ships	Origin	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Displacement[lower-alpha 1]	Note
Nuclear-powered Attack submarines
Charlie class	INS Chakra (K-43)	Soviet Union	1 September 1987	January 1991	5,000 tonnes	Leased for 10 years but returned to Soviet Union in 1991 after 3 years. Decommissioned and scrapped 1992.
Diesel-electric submarines (13 in Service)
Kalvari class	INS Kalvari (S23) INS Khanderi (S22) INS Karanj (S21) INS Kursura (S20)	Soviet Union	8 December 1967 6 December 1968 4 September 1969 18 December 1969	31 May 1996 18 October 1989 1 August 2003 27 September 2001	2,475 tonnes	Sail on display Sail on display Unknown As a museum
Vela class	INS Vela (S40) INS Vagir (S41) INS Vagli (S42) INS Vagsheer (S43)	Soviet Union	31 August 1973 3 November 1973 10 August 1974 26 December 1974	25 June 2010 7 June 2001 9 December 2010 30 April 1997	2,475 tonnes	Unknown Unknown To be preserved as a museum Unknown

INS Chakra (S71), a leased Soviet Charlie-class nuclear submarine.

INS Kursura museum ship

See also

• List of active Indian Navy ships – for a complete list of all ships and submarines currently in service with the Indian Navy.
• List of ships of the Indian Navy
• Aircraft of the Indian Navy
• India's Long Range SLBMs

Notes

1. Displacement when submerged

References

1. "Submarines active". Indian Navy. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
2. "Now, India has a nuclear triad". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
3. Indian navy's submarine woes 14 August 2013
4. Manish K Pathak (7 June 2014). "INS Sindhurakshak finally brought to surface". DNA. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
5. S. Anandan (3 December 2013). "Navy to extend life of six ageing submarines". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
6. "Satisfied with nuclear sub Arihant trials: Navy Chief".
7. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/427979/first-scorpene-submarine-become-reality.html
8. "Commissioning of INS Kalvari delayed". The Asian Age. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
9. "INS Kalvari sea trials begin today: All you need to know about the attack submarine". Indian Express. Retrieved 2015-10-29.

External links

• THE SUBMARINE ARMsam
• Cruise control