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Karanj 1978

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
कुरसूर [Kursura] (ex-Б-402 [B-402]) S20   New Admiralty, Leningrad, USSR 25.12.1968 25.2.1969 18.12.1969 stricken 9.2001
करंज [Karanj] (ex-Б-405 [B-405]) S21   New Admiralty, Leningrad, USSR 24.1.1968 28.4.1968 4.9.1969 stricken 8.2003
खंडेरी [Kandhera] (ex-Б-402 [B-402]) S22   New Admiralty, Leningrad, USSR 5.10.1967 29.2.1968 6.12.1968 stricken 10.1989
कलवरी [Kalvari] (ex-Б-51 [B-51]) S23   New Admiralty, Leningrad, USSR 27.12.1966 15.4.1967 8.12.1967 stricken 5.1996
वेला [Vela] (ex-Б-456 [B-456]) S40   Admiralty, Leningrad, USSR 28.9.1971 28.1.1972 31.8.1973 stricken 6.2010
वअगिर [Vagir] (ex-Б-470 [B-470]) S41   Admiralty, Leningrad, USSR 29.4.1972 7.7.1972 3.11.1973 stricken 6.2001
वग्लि [Vagli] (ex-Б-464 [B-464]) S42   Admiralty, Leningrad, USSR 1.2.1973 19.4.1973 10.8.1974 stricken 12.2010
वग्शीर [Vagsheer] (ex-Б-522 [B-522]) S43   Admiralty, Leningrad, USSR 28.9.1973 27.3.1974 26.12.1974 stricken 4.1997


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

1952 / 2475

Length, m

91.3

Breadth, m

7.50

Draught, m

5.09

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 2D42 diesels / 1 PG-102 + 2 PG-101 electric motors

Power, h. p.

5700 / 5400 (2700 + 2x1350)

Max speed, kts

16.8 / 16

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

30000(8.1) / 400(2)

Armament

S20-23: 10 - 533 TT (6 bow, 4 stern, 22 or 32 mines)

S40-43: 6 - 533 TT (bow, 12), 4 - 400 TT (stern, 10)

Electronic equipment

Flag radar, MG-200 Arktika-M, Tuloma, MG-10M Kola-M, Svet-M sonars, Nakat ECM suite

Complement

77

Diving depth operational, m

250



Standard scale images


<i>Kursura </i>1975
Kursura 1975


Graphics


<i>Karanj </i>1978
Karanj 1978


Project history

First Indian submarines, Soviet project 641 with air conditioning system (pr. I641, first 4 submarines). Latest 4 submarines, belonged to project I641K, had 400m aft TTs.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.