INS Shalki (S46)

History
India
Name	INS Shalki
Namesake	Common dolphin
Builder	Mazagon Dock Limited
Launched	30 September 1989
Commissioned	7 February 1992
Status	in active service
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.

References

↑ "Bharat-Rakshak.com :: NAVY - Shishumar Class". Archived from the original on 4 October 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
↑ "Submarines of Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.

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