Engineering:INS Shankul (S47)

Short description: Indian diesel-electric submarine

History
India
Name:	INS Shankush
Namesake:	Skate Fish
Builder:	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, Germany
Launched:	11 May 1984
Commissioned:	20 November 1986
History
India
Name:	INS Shankul
Builder:	Mazagon Dock Limited
Launched:	21 March 1992
Commissioned:	28 May 1994
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 Shankul (S47) is a Shishumar-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy. The submarine was the second to be built in India.