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January 2008: INS Sindhughosh, a Kilo-class submarine, collided with a foreign merchant vessel MV Leeds Castle while trying to surface in waters north of Mumbai. [10] The submarine was taking part in fleet-level war games, when the accident occurred. The Navy termed it a minor incident with no casualties reported.
A naval inquiry found that the accident was the result of poorly executed sonar sweeps, an ineffective periscope search by the submarine's captain, Commander Scott Waddle, bad communication among the crew and distractions caused by the presence of the 16 civilian guests aboard the submarine. The Navy and the command of Greeneville have been ...
INS Sindhuratna (S59) (Jewel of the Sea) [2] is a Sindhughosh-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy. [3]On 26 February 2014 smoke was detected on Indian Navy submarine INS Sindhuratna off Mumbai coast, and onboard 4-5 sailors were airlifted to a Mumbai hospital after they fell unconscious from suffocation.
Pages in category "Indian submarine accidents" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Russian submarine Nerpa (K-152) S. INS Sindhughosh;
The submarine is diesel-powered and has a total of six motors. INS Sindhughosh was the first submarine in Indian Navy to be equipped with the Klub ZM-54E SS-N-27 antiship cruise missiles with a range of 220 kilometres (140 mi). The submarine has a displacement of nearly 3,100 tons when submerged, a maximum diving depth of 300 metres (980 ft ...
Commissioned on 24 December 1997, it was the ninth of the ten Kilo-class submarines in the Indian Navy. [7] On 4 June 2010, the Indian Defence Ministry and Zvezdochka shipyard signed a contract worth US$80 million to upgrade and overhaul the submarine. After the overhaul, it returned to India from Russia between May and June 2013.
Diesel-electric submarines (21) Project 75I-class submarine: Attack submarine (SSK); possibly cruise missile submarine (SSG) 6 India: Unspecified 6 planned It had been approved by the government worth ₹43,000 crore in June 2020. As of 2024, contestants include German Type 214 class submarine [12] and Spanish S-80 plus class submarine. [13 ...
The Indian Navy hosted its first International Fleet Review in February 2001. This event was termed "Bridges of Friendship" and was attended by 24 warships form 19 countries. An office dedicated to international co-operation was created in 2005. This term has been used by the Navy since then to undertake humanitarian and security missions by ...