Engineering:INS Karanj (2018)
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Short description: Kalvari-class submarine
_during_commissioning_ceremony.jpg) INS Karanj (S23) during commissioning ceremony.
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| Name: | INS Karanj |
| Namesake: | Karanj (S21) |
| Ordered: | 2005 |
| Builder: | Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai |
| Launched: | 31 January 2018 [1] |
| Acquired: | 15 February 2021[2] |
| Commissioned: | 10 March 2021[3] |
| Identification: | Pennant number: S23 |
| Motto: | Sanskrit: Nity Nirghosh Nirbheek |
| Status: | in active service |
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| Class and type: | Kalvari-class submarine |
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| Length: | 67.5 m (221 ft)[5] |
| Beam: | 6.2 m (20 ft)[6] |
| Height: | 12.3 m (40 ft)[5] |
| Draught: | 5.8 m (19 ft)[6] |
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| Endurance: | 50 days[8] |
| Test depth: | 350 metres (1,150 ft) [9] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: | C303/S anti-torpedo countermeasure system[11] |
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INS Karanj (2018) is the third submarine of the first batch of six Kalvari-class submarines for the Indian Navy. It is a diesel-electric attack submarine based on the Scorpène class, designed by French naval defence and energy group DCNS and manufactured by Mazagon Dock Limited, an Indian shipyard in Mumbai . The ship was launched on 31 January 2018.[14][1]
The submarine was delivered to Indian Navy on 15 February 2021.[2][15][16] The ship was commissioned on 10 March 2021 in Mumbai in presence of Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh and Admiral (Retired) VS Shekhawat.[17][18][19]
See also
- List of submarines of the Indian Navy
- List of active Indian Navy ships
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Third Scorpene class submarine INS Karanj launched". 31 January 2018. http://www.india.com/news/india/ins-karanj-third-scorpene-class-submarine-launched-by-indian-navy-2870512/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Indian Navy gets third Scorpene submarine, to be commissioned as INS Karanj". Business Standard. 15 February 2021. https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/indian-navy-gets-third-scorpene-submarine-to-be-commissioned-as-ins-karanj-121021501077_1.html.
- ↑ @ANI (1 March 2021). "Indian Navy to commission the third Scorpene class submarine INS Karanj in Mumbai on March 10th. Indian Navy has already inducted two submarines of the class named INS Kalvari and INS Khanderi.". https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1366276011009003520.
- ↑ Bedi, Rahul (14 December 2017). "Indian Navy commissions first licence-built Scorpène-class submarine". Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. https://archive.today/20171228134046/http://www.janes.com/article/76404/indian-navy-commissions-first-licence-built-scorp%E8ne-class-submarine.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Curtain Raiser : Kalvari to be Commissioned Tomorrow at Mumbai". 13 December 2017. http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=174299.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Rahmat, Ridzwan (7 June 2017). "India's second Scorpène submarine begins sea trials". Jane's Defence Weekly. http://www.janes.com/article/71202/india-s-second-scorp%E8ne-submarine-begins-sea-trials.
- ↑ Saunders, Stephen, ed (2005). "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006 (108th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. p. 308. ISBN 0710626924.
- ↑ "India, France to ink Scorpene deal". The Times of India. PTI. 27 September 2005. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-France-to-ink-Scorpene-deal/articleshow/1244394.cms.
- ↑ "Scorpene 1000". DCNS. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140915164804/http://en.dcnsgroup.com/naval/products/scorpene/. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ↑ "Road to development in the 21st century goes through the Indian ocean – Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister". http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=174311.
- ↑ Bedi, Rahul (31 January 2018). "India launches third Scorpène-class submarine". Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. https://archive.today/20180205200755/http://www.janes.com/article/77488/india-launches-third-scorp%E8ne-class-submarine.
- ↑ Bonsignore, Luca (2005). ""Carrera": The first real Spanish export-submarine floated". Naval Forces (Aldershot: Monch Publications) 26 (1): 135. ISSN 07228880. "18 torpedoes and missiles can be carried otherwise 30 mines.".
- ↑ Dominguez, Gabriel (22 September 2017). "MDL delivers first of six Scorpène-class submarines to Indian Navy". Jane's Defence Weekly. http://www.janes.com/article/74325/mdl-delivers-first-of-six-scorp%E8ne-class-submarines-to-indian-navy.
- ↑ "Third Scorpene submarine ‘Karanj’ Launched at Mazagon Docks". http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=176011.
- ↑ Peri, Dinakar (6 February 2020). "Navy to get third Scorpene submarine in December" (in en-IN). https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/navy-to-get-third-scorpene-submarine-in-december/article30744577.ece. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ↑ Dominguez, Gabriel; Bedi, Rahul (16 February 2021). "Indian Navy receives third Kalvari (Scorpène)-class submarine" (in en). https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/indian-navy-receives-third-kalvari-scorpene-class-submarine.
- ↑ "INS Karanj, 3rd Scorpene-Class Submarine Commissioned Into Indian Navy". https://www.india.com/news/india/ins-karanj-third-scorpene-class-submarine-commissioned-into-indian-navy-4480691/.
- ↑ Sharma, Manasvi Shanker (11 March 2021). "India commissions third Kalvari-class submarine" (in en). https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/india-commissions-third-kalvari-class-submarine.
- ↑ Dominguez, Gabriel; Bedi, Rahul. "Indian Navy commissions third Kalvari (Scorpène)-class submarine" (in en). https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/indian-navy-commissions-third-kalvari-scorpene-class-submarine.
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