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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{other ships|INS Kalvari}}<br />
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| Ship caption = INS ''Kalvari'' (S21) at sea<br />
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| Ship country = India<br />
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|India|naval}}<br />
| Ship name = ''Kalvari''<br />
| Ship namesake = {{INS|Kalvari|S23|3}}<br />
| Ship ordered = 2005<br />
| Ship builder = [[Mazagon Dock Limited]], [[Mumbai]]<br />
| Ship laid down =<br />
| Ship launched = 27 October 2015<ref name="pib-13dec17"/><br />
| Ship completed =<br />
| Ship acquired = 2 December 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/ins-kalvari-handed-over-to-navy/articleshow/61887559.cms|title=INS Kalvari handed over to Navt|publisher=Mumbai Mirror|access-date=12 November 2020|date=2 December 2022}}</ref><br />
| Ship commissioned = 14 December 2017<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shukla|first1=Tarun|title=INS Kalvari, India's first Scorpene submarine, commissioned by Narendra Modi|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/uPIyd9PAN0KhwVJPbXHmOK/PM-Modi-commissions-Scorpeneclass-submarine-INS-Kalvari-int.html|work=Livemint|date=14 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302044720/http://www.livemint.com/Politics/uPIyd9PAN0KhwVJPbXHmOK/PM-Modi-commissions-Scorpeneclass-submarine-INS-Kalvari-int.html|archive-date=2 March 2022}}</ref><br />
| Ship decommissioned = <br />
| Ship in service = <br />
| Ship out of service = <br />
| Ship struck = <br />
| Ship reinstated = <br />
| Ship identification = S21<ref name="pib-13dec17"/><br />
| Ship motto = Ever Onward<br />
| Ship fate = <br />
| Ship status = {{shipactive}}<br />
| Ship badge = [[File:INS Kalvari (S50) crest.jpg|150px]]<br />
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Kalvari|submarine|||2022}}<br />
| Ship displacement = *'''Surfaced''': {{convert|1,615|t|ST}}<br />
*'''Submerged''': {{convert|1,775|t|ST}}<ref name="jdw-14dec17">{{cite web|last1=Bedi|first1=Rahul|title=Indian Navy commissions first licence-built Scorpène-class submarine|url=http://www.janes.com/article/76404/indian-navy-commissions-first-licence-built-scorp%E8ne-class-submarine|work=Jane's Defence Weekly|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171228134046/http://www.janes.com/article/76404/indian-navy-commissions-first-licence-built-scorp%E8ne-class-submarine|archive-date=28 December 2017|url-status=live|date=14 December 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
| Ship length = {{convert|67.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="pib-13dec17">{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=174299|title=Curtain Raiser : Kalvari to be Commissioned Tomorrow at Mumbai|date=13 December 2017|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-12-13|df=dmy-all|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214071348/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=174299|archive-date=14 December 2022}}</ref><br />
| Ship beam = {{convert|6.2|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="jdw-7jun17">{{Cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/71202/india-s-second-scorp%E8ne-submarine-begins-sea-trials|title=India's second Scorpène submarine begins sea trials|last=Rahmat|first=Ridzwan|date=7 June 2017|work=Jane's Defence Weekly|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171228134807/http://www.janes.com/article/71202/india-s-second-scorp%E8ne-submarine-begins-sea-trials|archive-date=28 December 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
| Ship height = {{convert|12.3|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="pib-13dec17"/><br />
| Ship draught = {{convert|5.8|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="jdw-7jun17"/><br />
| Ship propulsion = *4 x MTU 12V 396 SE84 diesel engines<ref name="jdw-7jun17"/><br />
*360 x battery cells<ref name="pib-13dec17"/><br />
* [[Defence Research and Development Organisation|DRDO]] [[Phosphoric acid fuel cell|PAFC Fuel Cell]] AIP (To be added in mid-life refit)<br />
| Ship speed = *'''Surfaced''': {{convert|11|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}<br />
*'''Submerged''': {{convert|20|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}<ref name="jdw-7jun17"/><br />
| Ship range = *{{convert|6500|nmi|km|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|8|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} (surfaced)<br />
*{{convert|550|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|4|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} (submerged)<ref name="jfs-0506">{{cite book|editor1-last=Saunders|editor1-first=Stephen|editor1-mask=Commodore Stephen Saunders|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2005–2006|date=2005|publisher=Jane's Information Group|location=Coulsdon|isbn=0710626924|page=308|edition=108th|chapter=India}}</ref><br />
| Ship endurance = *50 days<ref>{{cite news|title=India, France to ink Scorpene deal|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-France-to-ink-Scorpene-deal/articleshow/1244394.cms|work=The Times of India|agency=PTI|date=27 September 2005|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430015518/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-France-to-ink-Scorpene-deal/articleshow/1244394.cms|archive-date=30 April 2022}}</ref><br />
| Ship test depth = {{convert|350|m|ft}} <ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.dcnsgroup.com/naval/products/scorpene |title=Scorpene 1000 |publisher=DCNS |access-date=8 April 2015 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915164804/http://en.dcnsgroup.com/naval/products/scorpene/ |archive-date=15 September 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
| Ship complement = *8 officers<br />
*35 sailors<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=174311|title=Road to development in the 21st century goes through the Indian ocean – Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-12-15|df=dmy-all|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215054021/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=174311|archive-date=2017-12-15}}</ref><br />
| Ship sensors = <br />
| Ship EW = C303/S anti-torpedo countermeasure system<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bedi|first1=Rahul|title=India launches third Scorpène-class submarine|url=http://www.janes.com/article/77488/india-launches-third-scorp%E8ne-class-submarine|work=Jane's Defence Weekly|date=31 January 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180205200755/http://www.janes.com/article/77488/india-launches-third-scorp%E8ne-class-submarine|archive-date=5 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
| Ship armament = *6 x {{convert|533|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} [[torpedo tube]]s for 18 [[SUT torpedo]]es ''OR'' <br />
*SM.39 [[Exocet]] anti-ship missiles<br />
*30 [[Naval mine|mines]] in place of torpedoes<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Bonsignore|first=Luca|volume=26|issue=1|year=2005|page=135|title="Carrera": The first real Spanish export-submarine floated|quote=18 torpedoes and missiles can be carried otherwise 30 mines.|magazine=Naval Forces|location=Aldershot|publisher=Monch Publications|issn=0722-8880}}</ref><ref name="jdw-22sep17">{{Cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/74325/mdl-delivers-first-of-six-scorp%E8ne-class-submarines-to-indian-navy|title=MDL delivers first of six Scorpène-class submarines to Indian Navy|last=Dominguez|first=Gabriel|date=22 September 2017|work=Jane's Defence Weekly|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171228135036/http://www.janes.com/article/74325/mdl-delivers-first-of-six-scorp%E8ne-class-submarines-to-indian-navy|archive-date=28 December 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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'''INS ''Kalvari'' (S21)''' is the first of the six indigenous Scorpène-class [[submarine]]s currently in service with the [[Indian Navy]]. It is a [[diesel-electric]] [[attack submarine]] which is designed by [[DCNS (company)|DCNS]] (French naval defence and energy company) and was manufactured at [[Mazagon Dock Limited]] in Mumbai.<ref name="pib-13dec17"/><ref name="myref1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/first-scorpene-submarine-launched-in-big-boost-for-navy-752526|title=Scorpene Submarine, Built at Mumbai Docks, Launched Into Water|access-date=2015-04-06|publisher=NDTV|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406104359/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/first-scorpene-submarine-launched-in-big-boost-for-navy-752526|archive-date=2015-04-06}}</ref><br />
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== Etymology and motto ==<br />
The ship inherits its name from [[INS Kalvari (S23)|INS ''Kalvari'' (S23)]] which served in the Indian Navy from 1967 to 1996. ''Kalvari'' is the [[Malayalam]] word for [[tiger shark]], a deep-sea predator in the Indian Ocean. The name symbolizes agility, strength and predatory power.<ref>{{cite web|title=What Is INS Kalvari? All You Need To Know|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/what-is-ins-kalvari-all-you-need-to-know-1787676|website=NDTV.com|access-date=31 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117031656/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/what-is-ins-kalvari-all-you-need-to-know-1787676|archive-date=17 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/parrikar-undocks-scorpene-sub/63945.html|title=Parrikar undocks Scorpene sub|last=Banerjee|first=Ajay|date=6 April 2015|work=The Tribune|access-date=8 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407112724/http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/parrikar-undocks-scorpene-sub/63945.html|archive-date=7 April 2022}}</ref> The tiger shark ([[Galeocerdo cuvier|Galeocerdo Cuvier]]) is a species of [[requiem shark]] which are found in tropical and temperate waters. The ship's motto is "''Ever Onward''" which represents the submarine's zeal and indomitable spirit.<ref name="pib-13dec17"/><br />
[[File:INS Kalvari 2017 stampsheet of India.jpg|thumb|right|INS Kalvari stampsheet issued in 2017]]<br />
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== History and construction ==<br />
The submarine was designated as Yard 11875 at [[Mazagon Dock Limited]] and construction began on 14 December 2006 with the first cutting of steel. The five separate sections of the submarine were welded together, called "Boot Together", on 30 July 2014. She was undocked to a pontoon from the East Yard dock on 6 April 2015 in the presence of [[Defence Minister of India|Defence Minister]] [[Manohar Parrikar]]. She is the first Indian Naval vessel to be built using a modular approach. After completing the important milestones of vacuum test and battery loading, she was launched at the Naval Dockyard on 27 October 2015 by Ritu Shrawat, wife of then CMD, Rear Admiral R K Shrawat (Retd). She was brought back to [[Mazagon Dock Limited]] for completion of the Basin trials and Harbour Acceptance trials phase. After conquering numerous challenges faced during the ‘Setting to Work’ phase and undergoing rigorous Harbour tests & trials to the complete satisfaction of the customer, she commenced sea trials on 1 May 2016.<ref name="pib-13dec17"/><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/59944/india-s-first-scorpene-boat-begins-sea-trials-without-primary-weapons|title=India's first Scorpene boat begins sea trials without primary weapons {{!}} IHS Jane's 360|website=www.janes.com|access-date=2016-05-05|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504102932/http://www.janes.com/article/59944/india-s-first-scorpene-boat-begins-sea-trials-without-primary-weapons|archive-date=2016-05-04}}</ref><ref name="trials">{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/ins-kalvari-sea-trials-begin-today-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-attack-submarine/|title=INS Kalvari sea trials begin today: All you need to know about the attack submarine|date=29 October 2015 |publisher=Indian Express|access-date=2015-10-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030002621/http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/ins-kalvari-sea-trials-begin-today-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-attack-submarine/|archive-date=2015-10-30}}</ref><ref name="myref2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-32193746|title=New India submarine enters water|work=BBC News |date=6 April 2015 |access-date=2015-04-06|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924163758/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-32193746|archive-date=2015-09-24}}</ref> She was expected to be inducted into the Indian Navy fleet in 2012 but this was delayed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.asianage.com/mumbai/commissioning-ins-kalvari-delayed-860|title=Commissioning of INS Kalvari delayed {{!}} The Asian Age|newspaper=The Asian Age|access-date=2016-10-16|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019010207/http://www.asianage.com/mumbai/commissioning-ins-kalvari-delayed-860|archive-date=2016-10-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-navy-scorpene-submarines-france/1/905375.html|title=Scorpenes no more|access-date=2017-03-20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318161500/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-navy-scorpene-submarines-france/1/905375.html|archive-date=2017-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/scorpene-class-submarine-likely-to-be-commissioned-by-nov-dec/story-AWrUJZ9L7F6F6yPegnujWK.html|title=Scorpene-class submarine likely to be commissioned by Nov-Dec|date=2017-09-26|work=www.hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2017-10-02|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002115455/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/scorpene-class-submarine-likely-to-be-commissioned-by-nov-dec/story-AWrUJZ9L7F6F6yPegnujWK.html|archive-date=2017-10-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=143613|title=Maiden Sea Trial of Kalvari – First Scorpene Class Submarine|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-12-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215053934/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=143613|archive-date=2017-12-15}}</ref><br />
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The submarine successfully fired a torpedo and an [[Exocet SM39 missile|Exocet SM39 Block 2]] anti-ship missile in the [[Arabian Sea]] on 2 March 2017 during sea trials.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/68442/india-test-fires-anti-ship-missile-from-lead-kalvari-class-submarine|title=India test-fires anti-ship missile from lead Kalvari-class submarine {{!}} IHS Jane's 360|website=www.janes.com|access-date=2017-03-04|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303140120/http://www.janes.com/article/68442/india-test-fires-anti-ship-missile-from-lead-kalvari-class-submarine|archive-date=2017-03-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/navy-successfully-test-fires-anti-ship-missile-from-kalvari-submarine/articleshow/57430490.cms|title=Navy successfully test-fires anti-ship missile from Kalvari submarine – Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-03-04|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302125329/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/navy-successfully-test-fires-anti-ship-missile-from-kalvari-submarine/articleshow/57430490.cms|archive-date=2017-03-02}}</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/first-made-in-india-submarine-joins-navy-in-a-month/415731.html First ‘Made in India’ submarine joins Navy in a month] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604204122/http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/first-made-in-india-submarine-joins-navy-in-a-month/415731.html |date=2017-06-04 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/torpedo-firing-trials-kalvari|title=Torpedo Firing Trials of Kalvari {{!}} Indian Navy|website=www.indiannavy.nic.in|language=en|access-date=2017-05-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529094220/https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/torpedo-firing-trials-kalvari|archive-date=2017-05-29}}</ref> She was delivered to the Indian Navy on 21 September 2017 after successful completion of sea trials. She was commissioned by Indian [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]] on 14 December 2017 at [[Mazagon Dock Limited]]. Her commissioning officer is Captain S D Mehendale.<ref name="pib-13dec17"/><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/maiden-sea-trial-kalvari-first-scorpene-class-submarine|title=Maiden Sea Trial of Kalvari – First Scorpene Class Submarine {{!}} Indian Navy|website=indiannavy.nic.in|access-date=2016-05-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503123332/http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/maiden-sea-trial-kalvari-first-scorpene-class-submarine|archive-date=3 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=174311|title=Road to development in the 21st century goes through the Indian ocean – Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-12-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215054021/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=174311|archive-date=2017-12-15}}</ref><br />
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== Operational history ==<br />
Post [[2019 Balakot airstrike]] conducted by Indian Air Force, Indian Navy deployed [[Russian submarine Nerpa (K-152)|INS ''Chakra'']] along with INS ''Kalvari'' to search for the Pakistani submarine {{ship|PNS|Saad}} which was believed to be deployed. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/post-operation-bandar-indian-navy-hunted-for-pakistani-submarine-pns-saad-for-21-days/441970 |title=Post Operation Bandar, Indian Navy hunted for Pakistani submarine PNS Saad for 21 days |work=Times Now News.com |date=23 June 2019 |access-date=28 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/post-balakot-indian-navy-hunted-pakistani-submarine-for-21-days-1554601-2019-06-23 |title=Post Balakot strike, Indian Navy hunted for Pakistani submarine for 21 days |work=India Today |date=23 June 2019 |access-date=28 March 2022}}</ref><br />
As per Pakistan Navy, INS ''Kalvari'' was detected by its P3C Orion anti-Submarine air craft, localised and blocked from entering Pakistani waters, while in Pakistani Exclusive Economic Zone, some 86 miles from Gwadar. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1467885 |title=Pakistan foils intrusion attempt by Indian submarine|work=Dawn |date=6 March 2019 |access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of submarines of the Indian Navy]]<br />
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