INS Karanj (S21)
INS Karanj (S21) was a -class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy.[1]
![]() INS Karanj underway
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Name: | INS Karanj |
Namesake: | Karanja |
Launched: | 28 April 1968 |
Commissioned: | 4 September 1969 |
Decommissioned: | 1 August 2003 |
Fate: | Decommissioned |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | -class submarine |
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Length: | 91.3 m (299 ft 6 in) |
Beam: | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) |
Draught: | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
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Test depth: | 250 m (820 ft) |
Complement: | 75 (incl 8 officers) |
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The ship was named after the Karanja island, also known as Uran island, located in the Raigad district of Maharashtra.[2][3]
Popular cultureEdit
The 2017 film Ghazi, features the story of men aboard S21 who managed to survive underwater for 18 days. [4]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Kalvari Class (Foxtrot Class)". www.bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ↑ "INS Karanj, named after submarine that fought in 1971, joins Indian Navy". The Week. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Explained: India's Kalvari class of submarines, and its strategic significance". The Indian Express. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "The truth behind the Navy's 'sinking' of Ghazi". Sify. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2017.