INS Shankush (S45)

History
India
Name:	INS Shankush
Builder:	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, Germany
Launched:	11 May 1984
Commissioned:	20 November 1986
Status:	in active service
Badge:	INS Shankush crest
General characteristics
Class and type:	-class submarine
Displacement:	1450 tons surfaced; 1850 tons submerged;
Length:	64.4 m (211 ft)
Beam:	6.5 m (21 ft)
Draught:	6 m (20 ft)
Propulsion:	4 × 2,400 hp (1,800 kW) diesel-electric motors; 1 × Siemens 4,600 hp (3,400 kW) motor; 4 × 1.8 MW (2,400 hp) Siemens alternators; 1 shaft;
Speed:	Surfaced 11 knots (20 km/h); Submerged 22 knots (41 km/h);
Range:	Snorting 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h)
Test depth:	Test depth 260 m (850 ft)
Complement:	40 (incl 8 officers)
Armament:	14 × AEG-SUT Mod 1 wire-guided active/passive torpedoes; 24 × external strap-on mines;

INS Shankush (S45) is a -class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy.^[1]

References[edit]

↑ "Submarines --> Shishumar Class". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

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[in-shishumar-1] "Submarines --> Shishumar Class". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

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