Back আইএনএস সিন্ধুরক্ষক (এস৬৩) Bengali/Bangla Sindhurakshak German INS Sindhurakshak (S63) Spanish آی‌ان‌اس سیندوراکشاک (اس۶۳) Persian INS Sindhurakshak French आईएनएस सिंधुरक्षक Hindi ಐ.ಎನ್.ಎಸ್ ಸಿಂಧುರಕ್ಷಕ್ Kannada ഐ.എൻ.എസ്. സിന്ധുരക്ഷക് Malayalam आयएनएस सिंधुरक्षक (एस६३) Marathi INS Sindhurakshak (S63) Portuguese

INS Sindhurakshak (S63)

INS Sindhurakshak in 2013.
History
India
NameINS Sindhurakshak
BuilderAdmiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg
Laid down16 February 1995
Launched26 June 1997
Commissioned24 December 1997
Decommissioned6 March 2017[1]
Out of service14 August 2013
IdentificationPennant number: S63
FateSeverely damaged on 14 August 2013 due to on-board explosions; sunk in deep water in Arabian Sea in June 2017
General characteristics
Class and typeSindhughosh-class submarine
Displacement
  • 2,325 t (2,563 short tons) surfaced
  • 3,076 t (3,391 short tons) submerged
Length72.6 m (238 ft)
Beam9.9 m (32 ft)
Draught6.6 m (22 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 3,650 hp (2,720 kW) diesel-electric motors
  • 1 × 5,900 hp (4,400 kW) motor
  • 2 × 204 hp (152 kW) auxiliary motors
  • 1 × 130 hp (97 kW) economic speed motor
Speed
  • Surfaced: 10 knots (19 km/h)
  • Snorkel Mode: 9 knots (17 km/h)
  • Submerged: 17 knots (31 km/h)
Range
  • Snorkel Mode: 6,000 mi (9,700 km) at 7 kn (13 km/h)
  • Submerged: 400 miles (640 km) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h)
EnduranceUp to 45 days with a crew of 52
Test depth
  • Operational depth: 240 m (790 ft)
  • Maximum depth: 300 m (980 ft)
ComplementSeven officers and 61 ratings[2]
Armament
  • 9M36 Strela-3 (SA-N-8) surface-to-air missile
  • 3M-54 Klub-S anti-ship and land-attack missiles
  • Type 53-65 passive wake-homing torpedo
  • TEST 71/76 anti-submarine active-passive homing torpedo
  • 24 × DM-1 mines in lieu of torpedo tube

INS Sindhurakshak (Sanskrit, for Protector of the Seas)[3] was a Russian-made Kilo-class 877EKM[4][5] (Sindhughosh-class) diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy.[6] Commissioned on 24 December 1997, it was the ninth of the ten Kilo-class submarines in the Indian Navy.[7] On 4 June 2010, the Indian Defence Ministry and Zvezdochka shipyard signed a contract worth US$80 million to upgrade and overhaul the submarine. After the overhaul, it returned to India from Russia between May and June 2013.[8]

The submarine suffered a major fire and explosion on 14 August 2013 and sank at Mumbai's naval dockyard with the death of 18 crew members.[9][10][11]

  1. ^ "Submarine Sindhurakshak to be decommissioned before rains - Times of India". The Times of India. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Sindhughosh Class". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  3. ^ "18 sailors feared killed in INS Sindhurakshak explosion". Livemint. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  4. ^ "INS Sindhurakshak tragedy: Defence PRO says chances of survivors unlikely". India Today. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  5. ^ "'India should seek Russian help in INS Sindhurakshak rescue': Defence experts". Business Standard. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Sindhughosh Class - Active submarines of the Indian Navy". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference it12a13 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Fire-ravaged Indian Navy submarine sinks, Antony confirms deaths". The Times of India. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  9. ^ "Submarine INS Sindhurakshak sinks after major blast in Mumbai; all 18 feared dead". Deccan Chronicle. 14 August 2013. Archived from the original on 17 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  10. ^ "Submarine Sindhurakshak sinks after blast, casualties feared". The Hindu. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  11. ^ "Huge blow to Indian Navy as submarine explodes with 18 men". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

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