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INS Sindhukirti (S61)
INS ''Sindhukirti'' (S61) (''Glory of the Sea'') is the seventh diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy. She was built at the Admiralty Shipyard and Sevmash in the Soviet Union. ''Sindukirti'' was commissioned on 9 December 1989 in the Soviet Union, with Cdr. Ramdas signing her commissioning orders. She underwent a protracted "medium refit" from June 2006 until May 2015 at the Hindustan Shipyard at Visakhapatnam. The midlife upgrade was projected to be completed in 3 years but numerous delays postponed the submarine's return. Having spent one third of her life in refit, she finally returned to service on 23 May 2015. Description ''Sindhukiriti'' has a length of overall, a beam of and a draft of . She displaces surfaced, submerged and has a maximum diving depth of . The complement is about 68, including 7 officers and 61 sailors. The submarine has a shaft with one seven-blade propeller. It is powered by two diesel generators, each of which produce . It also has an elect ...
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Admiralty Shipyard
The JSC Admiralty Shipyards (russian: link=no, Адмиралтейские верфи) (''formerly Soviet Shipyard No. 194'') is one of the oldest and largest shipyards in Russia, located in Saint Petersburg. The shipyard's building ways can accommodate ships of up to , in length and in width. Military products include naval warships such as nuclear and diesel-powered submarines and large wikt:auxiliary#Noun, auxiliaries. History The shipyard was founded as the Galley Yard by Peter the Great during the Great Northern War on 5 November 1704 and located in the open ground along the Neva River behind the Admiralty building. The Admiralty Wharves official site (Russian) It was administered by the Russian Admiralty, hence its later name. In 1721 it was renamed ''Galley Wharf'' and in 1800 the ''New Admiralty Yard'', supplementing and in 1841 soon replacing the ''Galley Wharf''. In 1908, it was renamed the Admiralty Shipyard. In 1937 its two sections were known as ''Andre Marti'' ...
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INS Sindhughosh (S55)
INS ''Sindhughosh'' (S55) is the lead ship of her class of diesel-electric submarines of the Indian Navy. The submarine was commissioned on 30 April 1986 in Riga, Latvia under the command of Commander K C Varghese. 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 . The submarine has a displacement of nearly 3,100 tons when submerged, a maximum diving depth of , speed of up to , and is able to operate solo for 45 days with a crew of 52. Service history Collision with a foreign vessel (2008) INS ''Sindhughosh'' collided with a foreign merchant vessel - MV ''Leeds Castle'' - while trying to surface in the seas north of Mumbai on 7 January 2008. The submarine was taking part in fleet level war games when the accident occurred. The boat has reportedly suffered slight damage to the conning tower area. Naval officials said the s ...
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Ships Built At Admiralty Shipyard
A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research, and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished from boats, based on size, shape, load capacity, and purpose. Ships have supported exploration, trade, warfare, migration, colonization, and science. After the 15th century, new crops that had come from and to the Americas via the European seafarers significantly contributed to world population growth. Ship transport is responsible for the largest portion of world commerce. The word ''ship'' has meant, depending on the era and the context, either just a large vessel or specifically a ship-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts, each of which is square-rigged. As of 2016, there were more than 49,000 merchant ships, totaling almost 1.8 billion dead weight tons. Of these 28% were oil tankers, 43% were bulk carriers, and 13% were cont ...
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Ships Built In The Soviet Union
A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research, and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished from boats, based on size, shape, load capacity, and purpose. Ships have supported exploration, trade, warfare, migration, colonization, and science. After the 15th century, new crops that had come from and to the Americas via the European seafarers significantly contributed to world population growth. Ship transport is responsible for the largest portion of world commerce. The word ''ship'' has meant, depending on the era and the context, either just a large vessel or specifically a ship-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts, each of which is square-rigged. As of 2016, there were more than 49,000 merchant ships, totaling almost 1.8 billion dead weight tons. Of these 28% were oil tankers, 43% were bulk carriers, and 13% were cont ...
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Attack Submarines
An attack submarine or hunter-killer submarine is a submarine specifically designed for the purpose of attacking and sinking other submarines, surface combatants and merchant vessels. In the Soviet Navy, Soviet and Russian Navy, Russian navies they were and are called "multi-purpose submarines". They are also used to protect friendly surface combatants and Ballistic missile submarine, missile submarines. Some attack subs are also armed with submarine-launched cruise missile, cruise missiles, increasing the scope of their potential missions to include land targets. Attack submarines may be either Nuclear marine propulsion, nuclear-powered or diesel-electric ("conventionally") powered. In the United States Navy hull classification symbol, naming system, and in the equivalent NATO system (STANAG 1166), nuclear-powered attack submarines are known as SSN (hull classification symbol), SSNs and their Anti-submarine warfare, anti-submarine (ASW) diesel-electric predecessors are SSK (hull ...
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Veer By Discovery
Discovery Channel India is the Indian version of Discovery Channel operated by Warner Bros. Discovery for the Indian subcontinent. It is available in eight languages including Hindi, English, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Marathi while the Tamil language has a separate dedicated channel Discovery Tamil. The channel can be viewed on digital cable and satellite television in India. The Discovery Channel has also launched its OTT services Discovery Plus recently. Original programming * ''A Haunting'' * '' American Digger'' * ''Asian Provocateur'' * ''Bear Grylls Survival School'' * ''Breaking Point: Commando School Belgaum'' * ''Devil's Canyon'' * ''Discovery Hits'' * ''Dual Survival'' * ''Fail Army'' * ''Food Factory'' * ''Hour China'' * ''How Do They Do It?'' * ''How It's Made'' * ''India's Best Jobs'' * ''India's Citizen Squad'' * ''India's Ultimate Warrior'' * ''In Inner Mongolia'' * ''Man vs. Wild'' * ''My 600-lb Life'' * ''Naked and Afraid'' * ''Real Story Of...' ...
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Sureesh Mehta
Admiral Sureesh Mehta, PVSM, AVSM (born August 18, 1947) served as 19th Chief of the Indian Navy from 31 October 2006 until 31 August 2009. He was succeeded by Nirmal Kumar Verma. He is the first service chief from India's armed forces to be born post Indian Independence. He is married to Maria Teresa Mehta and they have two children. Early life Admiral Mehta was born on 18 August 1947. He studied in the National Defence Academy before joining the Indian Navy. Later, he also graduated from the Defence Services Staff College and the National Defence College. Military career After graduating, Admiral Mehta joined the Fleet Air Arm of the Indian Navy, where he flew the Hawker Sea Hawk off the aircraft carrier, . He was the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet during the Kargil War. Later, he served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) of the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) from 30 September 2005 till his appointment as the Naval Chief. He was appointed as the Chairman o ...
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Admiral
Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, or fleet admiral. Etymology The word in Middle English comes from Anglo-French , "commander", from Medieval Latin , . These evolved from the Arabic () – (), “king, prince, chief, leader, nobleman, lord, a governor, commander, or person who rules over a number of people,” and (), the Arabic article answering to “the.” In Arabic, admiral is also represented as (), where () means the sea. The 1818 edition of Samuel Johnson's '' A Dictionary of the English Language'', edited and revised by the Rev. Henry John Todd, states that the term “has been traced to the Arab. emir or amir, lord or commander, and the Gr. , the sea, q. d. ''prince of the sea''. The word is written both with and without the d, in other languages, as we ...
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INS Vagli (S42)
INS ''Vagli'' (S42) was a diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy, commissioned in 1974. Along with her sister ship ''Vela'', she spent almost 10 years undergoing a protracted refit by Hindustan Shipyard Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) is a shipyard located in Visakhapatnam on the east coast of India. History Founded as the ''Scindia Shipyard'', it was built by industrialist Walchand Hirachand as a part of The Scindia Steam Navigation Company .... After 36 years of active service, INS ''Vagli'' was decommissioned on 9 December 2010. References Foxtrot-class submarines Ships built in the Soviet Union 1973 ships Vela-class submarines Submarines of India Museum ships in India {{India-mil-stub ...
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INS Vela (S40)
INS ''Vela'' (S40) was the lead ship of four diesel-electric Vela-class submarines of the Indian Navy. The submarine was commissioned on 31 August 1973 in Riga, Latvian SSR. Along with her sister ship ''Vagli'', she spent almost 10 years undergoing a protracted refit by Hindustan Shipyard. After 37 years of service, the submarine was decommissioned on 25 June 2010. The submarine was claimed by the Eastern Naval Command to be the oldest operational submarine in the world at the time of her decommissioning. ''Vela'' is the name of an Indian fish from the stingray Stingrays are a group of sea rays, which are cartilaginous fish related to sharks. They are classified in the suborder Myliobatoidei of the order Myliobatiformes and consist of eight families: Hexatrygonidae (sixgill stingray), Plesiobatidae ( ... species known for its aggression and offensive power, and the ability to camouflage itself from predators. References Vela-class submarines 1972 ships Foxtro ...
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Vela-class Submarine
''Vela''-class submarines of the Indian Navy were variants of the later Soviet s. The last of the class was decommissioned from the Indian Navy in December 2010. is planned to be preserved as a museum in Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ..., though the process has been plagued with issues and is currently on hold. Ships of the class References External links THE SUBMARINE ARM {{DEFAULTSORT:Vela Class Submarine Submarine classes India–Soviet Union relations ...
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