Equipment Catalogue Indian Navy SUBMARINES Shishumar (209) Class Type 1500
Speed, knots Range, miles Complement Torpedoes
12 km at 35 knots; warhead 250 kg. : External Strap-on type for 24 Mines : Decoys; C303 acoustic decoys; ESM Argo Phenix II AR 700 or Koll Morgen Sea Sentry, radar warning, ESM-DR 3000 Weapon Control : Singer Librascope MKI, CCS 90-1/ISUS Radars : Surface Search, Thomson-CSF Calypso; I-band, KH 1007/2007 Sonars : Atlas Elektronik CSU 83 active/passive search and attack; Thomson Sintra DUUV-5; passive ranging and intercept, CSU 90-14 Programme : HDW concluded an agreement with the Indian Navy on 11 December-1981. Out of the four submarines, first two were built in West Germany and the balance two at Mazagon Docks, Mumbai with supply of material package from HDW. (Submarines form the 10th Submarine Squadron based at Mumbai. Mid-life refits-cum-modernisation of the class is being undertaken in a progressive manner starting with Shishumar in 1999.)
Mines Counter-measures
: Standard 1,450 Surfaced 1,660 Dived 1,850 : 211.2 x 21.3 x 19.7(64.4 x 6.5 x 6) : Diesel Electric 4MTU 12V 493 AZ80 GA31L diesels; 4 Siemens alternators; 1 Siemens motor; 1 shaft : Surfaced 11; Dived 22 : 8,000 Snorting at 8 knots 13,000 Surfaced at 10 knots : 40 (8 officers) : 8 Nos. 21 inch (533mm) tubes carries 14 AEG SUT Mod 1 wire guided active/passive torpedoes homing to 28 km at 23 knots;
CONCEPTS & PERSPECTIVES
Dimensions feet (metres) Main machinery
: 4 : Shishumar, Shankush, Shalki, Shankul
TECHNOLOGY
Total No. in service Name Specifications: Displacement, tonnes
WEAPONS EQUIPMENT VEHICLES
INDIAN DEFENCE
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Mines Counter-measures Weapon control Radars Sonars
: 2 Model 4-2AA-42M diesels; 2 generators; 1 motor 1 shaft; 2 MT-168 auxiliary motors; 1 economic speed motor : 10 surfaced; 17 dived; 9 snorting : 6,000 at 7 kt snorting; 400 at 3 kt dived : 52 (13 officers) : 6-21 in (533 mm) tubes combination of Type 53-65 passive wake homing to 19 km (10.3 n miles) at 45 Kt; TEST 71/96 antisubmarine; active/passive homing to 15 km (8.1 n miles) at 40 kt or 20 km (10.08 n miles) at 25 kt warhead 220 kg Total of 18 weapons. Wire-guided on 2 tubes. : 24 DM-1 in lieu of torpedoes : ESM; Squid head radar warning, Porpoise (Indigenous) : Uzwl MVU-119EM TFCS : Navigation; Snoop Tray; MRP-25; I-band : MGK – 400, hull mounted, active/passive search and attack; medium frequency. MG-519; hull mounted active search; high frequency. Being replaced
Modernisation: Medium refits-cum-modernisation of the submarines is being undertaken in India/Russia on a progressive manner. A submarine launched cruise missile (SLCM) capability is also part of the refit. Retrofit and trials of submarine launched version of BrahMos missile (a joint Indo-Russian venture) is expected to be undertaken on one of the submarines. An Indian designed main battery with a five-year life has replaced Russian batteries in all of the class. Battery cooling has been improved. Operational: First four form the 11th Submarine Squadron based at Visakhapatnam and the remainder of the 12th Squadron based at Mumbai. Sindhuvir completed major refit at Severodvinsk from May 1997 to July 1999. Sindhuraj and Sindhukesari completed similar refits at Admiralty Yard St. Petersburg from May 1999 to November 2001. Sindhuratna completed a two-year refit at Severodvinsk in 2002. Sindhughosh was refitted at Visakhapatnam from September 2002 to 2004. One submarine is expected to be fitted out with BrahMos cruise missile – an Indo-Russian venture; the surface version of this 290 km range missile is already being fitted on the Indian Navy’s surface platforms.
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INDIAN DEFENCE
Speed, knots Range, miles Complement Torpedoes
Programme: The Kilo class was launched in the former Soviet Navy in 1979 and India was the first country to acquire these between 1993 and 2000. Indian Navy procured 10 submarines of this class from Russia. This class of submarine has since been supplied to Algeria, Poland, Romania, Iran and China.
ASIAN WHO’S WHO
Displacement, tonnes Dimensions, feet (metres) Main machinery
by Sonar USHUS manufactured by BEL, Bangalore in a progressive manner on submarines.
: 10 : Sindhughosh, Sindhudhvaj, Sindhuraj, Sindhuvir, Sindhuratna, Sindhukesri, Sindhukirti, Sindhuvijay, Sindhurakshak, Sindhushastra : 2,325 surfaced; 3,076 dived : 238 x 32.5 x 21.7 (72.6 x 9.9 x 6.6)
REGIONAL BALANCE
Total No. in service Name
BUSINESS
Sindhughosh (Kilo) Class (Project 877 EKM/8773)