Engineering:UMS Minye Theinkhathu
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 India
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| Name: | INS Sindhuvir (S58) |
| Builder: | Rubin Design Bureau and refitted by Hindustan Shipyard |
| Launched: | 13 September 1987 |
| Commissioned: | 26 August 1988 |
| Decommissioned: | 2020 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Myanmar, 2020 |
 Myanmar
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| Name: | UMS Minye Theinkhathu |
| Namesake: | Mingyi Swe |
| Acquired: | 2020 |
| Commissioned: | 24 December 2020 |
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| Class and type: | Sindhughosh-class submarine (Kilo Project-877EKM variant) |
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| Length: | 72.6 m (238 ft) |
| Beam: | 9.9 m (32 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.6 m (22 ft) |
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| Endurance: | Up to 45 days with a crew of 52 |
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| Complement: | 52 (incl. 13 Officers) |
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UMS Minye Theinkhathu (71) (Burmese: မင်းရဲသိင်္ခသူ; [mɪ́ɴjɛ́ θèiɴgəðù]) is a Sindhughosh (Kilo)-class submarine owned by the Myanmar Navy. It is the first of two submarines procured by the country's navy, followed by the UMS Minye Kyaw Htin.[3] Before being acquired by Myanmar, it served in the Indian Navy as INS Sindhuvir (S58) (Brave at the Sea).[4][5]
Background
Beginning in the 1980s and ending in 2000, the Indian Navy acquired ten Kilo-class submarines from the Soviet Union and its successor state Russia. Within India, they are known as the Sindhughosh class.[6]
Myanmar acquired Sindhuvir in 2020.[7][8][9] The ship was refitted by Hindustan Shipyard before the handover.[10][7]
The submarine was first seen publicly as a Myanmar Navy ship, as UMS Minye Theinkhathu, on 15 October 2020 as part of a naval fleet exercise (‘Bandoola 2020’).[9] The submarine was formally commissioned along with other six new ships at the 73rd Navy Day ceremony on 24 December 2020.[11][12] The ceremony was attended by the Indian and Russian ambassadors to Myanmar, which the military intelligence company Jane's believes could indicate Russian involvement in the submarine's transfer to Myanmar.[12]
It appears to be named after Minye Theinkhathu of Toungoo (Taungoo), who was the father of King Bayinnaung and served as viceroy of Toungoo from 1540 to 1549.[citation needed]
The Minye Theinkhathu was in naval exercises alongside the Minye Kyaw Htin on July 6, 2022 in the Bay of Bengal.[13]
Gallery
- UMS Minye Theinkhathu at a naval exercise.jpg
UMS Minye Theinkhathu at the Bandoola naval exercise
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UMS Minye Theinkhathu at the 73rd Myanmar Navy Day ceremony (24 December 2020)
UMS Minye Theinkhathu at the commissioning ceremony
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rosoboron exports - Project 636". https://roe.ru/eng/catalog/naval-systems/submarines/project-636/.
- ↑ "L'India consegna alla Marina Birmana il suo primo sottomarino – Analisi Difesa". 28 September 2023. https://www.analisidifesa.it/2020/12/lindia-consegna-alla-marina-birmana-il-suo-primo-sottomarino/.
- ↑ Yeo, Mike (2021-12-30). "China transfers secondhand submarine to Myanmar" (in en). https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2021/12/30/china-transfers-secondhand-submarine-to-myanmar/.
- ↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%81 [bare URL]
- ↑ https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0#:~:text=%E0%A5%A7.,%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A5%A4 [bare URL]
- ↑ Peri, Dinakar (22 May 2023). "Kilo-class submarine INS Sindhuratna reaches India after major refit in Russia". The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kilo-class-submarine-ins-sindhuratna-reaches-india-after-major-refit-in-russia/article66881333.ece.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Laskar, Rezaul H (2020-10-21). "India gifts a submarine to Myanmar, gains edge over China" (in en). https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-gifts-a-submarine-to-myanmar-gains-edge-over-china/story-fblOtZRy3hOaJDi6CKkjuK.html.
- ↑ "Submarines of Indian Navy". http://indiannavy.nic.in/sub_sindhughosh.htm.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Mazumdar, Mrityunjoy (19 October 2020). "Myanmar Navy showcases newly acquired submarine in Fleet Exercise Bandoola" (in en). https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/myanmar-navy-showcases-newly-acquired-submarine-in-fleet-exercise-bandoola.
- ↑ "HSL finishes refit of INS Sindhuvir before schedule". The Hindu. 21 February 2020. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/hsl-finishes-refit-of-ins-sindhuvir-before-schedule/article30874532.ece.
- ↑ Information Team, Tatmadaw (24 December 2020). "(၇၃)နှစ်မြောက်တပ်မတော်(ရေ)နေ့အထိမ်းအမှတ် တိုက်ခိုက်ရေးရေငုပ်သင်္ဘော စစ်ရေယာဉ် (မင်းရဲသိင်္ခသူ) အပါအဝင် စစ်ရေယာဉ်များ တပ်တော်ဝင်ခြင်း အခမ်းအနား ကျင်းပပြုလုပ်". http://dsinfo.org/node/771.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Herschelman, Kerry; Rahmat, Ridzwan (30 December 2020). "Myanmar commissions submarine, warships on 73rd Navy Day" (in en). https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/myanmar-commissions-submarine-warships-on-73rd-navy-day.
- ↑ "Myanmar conducts exercise involving its two submarines". 6 July 2022. https://navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2022/july/11885-myanmar-conducts-exercise-involving-its-two-submarines.html.
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