INS Shishumar (S44)

	INS Shishumar at Port of Duqm, Oman.
History
India
Name:	INS Shishumar
Builder:	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, Germany
Launched:	13 December 1984
Commissioned:	22 September 1986
Status:	in active service
Badge:	INS Shishkumar
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 Shishumar (S44) is the lead vessel of the class of diesel-electric submarines of the Indian Navy.^[1] She was commissioned on 22 September 1986 under Commander P M Bhate.^[2]

Mid Life Upgrade[edit | edit source]

Indian Navy awarded $151mn contract for mid-life upgrade and certification of INS Shishumar, the refit will be carried out by Mazagon Dock, Mumbai with technical cooperation from ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems.^[3]^[4]

The refit is planned to be completed by 2021 with a similar upgrade for another vessel of class to follow. ^[3]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Submarines of Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
↑ "SpokespersonNavy on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Germany's Thyssenkrupp to refit Indian Navy submarine INS Shishumar". 26 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
↑ "India's Mazagon Dock, Germany's Thyssenkrupp Bag $151M Worth Indian Navy Submarines Refit Contract". DefenseWorld.net. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

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[in-shishumar-1] "Submarines of Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.

[2] "SpokespersonNavy on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 23 May 2017.

[shishurefit-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Germany's Thyssenkrupp to refit Indian Navy submarine INS Shishumar". 26 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.

[4] "India's Mazagon Dock, Germany's Thyssenkrupp Bag $151M Worth Indian Navy Submarines Refit Contract". DefenseWorld.net. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

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