Submarines across the globe represents the cutting edge of a navy’s offensive capability. Therefore, the value of a potent and modern undersea warfare capability with submarines can not be more than-emphasized. The Indian Navy just about every year celebrates December 8, as Submarine Day, as on this day on in 1967, the initial submarine, erstwhile INS Kalvari was commissioned.
Why?
Because on this day the Indian Navy got its initial submarine when its Ensign was unfurled on INS Kalvari — becoming the initial submarine to be inducted in service in 1967, at Riga in Latvia, the erstwhile USSR.
About the initial INS Kalvari
After serving the Indian Navy for virtually 29 years, the initial-ever submarine of the Indian Navy was decommissioned. The name Kalvari is the Malayalam name for Tiger Shark which is a predator in the Indian Ocean.
The initial submarine Indian Navy got was a diesel-electric submarine of the Foxtrot Class from the erstwhile USSR.
The 91.3-metre-extended submarine carried a crew of 75 and had a surface speed of 16 knots whilst the submerged speed was 15 knots.
The variety was 32,000 km at a speed of 8 knots when on the surface and a submerged variety of 610 km at a speed of 10 knots.
It had the capability to carry about 22 torpedoes and in lieu could carry 42 mines.
The initial submarine was brought from St Petersberg in Russia to Vishakhapatnam in India by Commander KS Subramanian, who was the initial commanding officer of the submarine.
Thereafter the Indian Navy got 3 more submarines — Karanj, Khanderi and Kursura. These had been commissioned in the Indian Navy along with submarine help car Amba.
Later, in 1972, a submarine rescue ship, INS Nistar, was also commissioned.
More about Kalvari Class Submarines with the Indian Navy
TheSpuzz Online has reported earlier that the Indian Navy below the P75 Project is going to get six Kalvari class (Scorpene) diesel-electric attack submarines (SSKs).
With technologies transfer (ToT) contracted with French Naval Group (former DCNS), are getting indigenously constructed at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL).
The Kalvari class are advance traditional propulsion stealth attack submarines and they are made for longer ranges whilst getting submerged.
They have advance design and style functions such as pretty low acoustic, electromagnetic and infrared (IR) signatures.
The Indian Navy has two out of the six commissioned currently in service.
Presently, the INS Kalvari and Khanderi are in service. As reported earlier, other submarines of Kalvari class which are in line to join contain — Vela, Karanj, Vaghir and Vaghsheer.