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Shishumar 2001

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
शिशुमार [Shishumar]	S44		Howaldtswerke, Kiel, West Germany	1.5.1982	13.12.1984	22.9.1986	in service (2019)
शंकुश [Shankush]	S45		Howaldtswerke, Kiel, West Germany	1.9.1982	11.5.1985	20.11.1986	in service (2019)
शल्की [Shalki]	S46		Mazagon Docks, Mumbai	5.6.1984	30.9.1989	7.2.1992	in service (2019)
शंकुल [Shankul]	S47		Mazagon Docks, Mumbai	3.9.1989	21.3.1992	28.5.1994	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1450
Displacement normal, t	1660 / 1850
Length, m	64.4
Breadth, m	6.50
Draught, m	5.50
No of shafts	1
Machinery	4 MTU 12V493 Z80GA31L diesel-generators, 1 Siemens electric motor
Power, h. p.	2450 / 4600
Max speed, kts	11 / 22.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil 157
Endurance, nm(kts)	13000(10) / 524(4)
Armament	S44, 45: 8 - 533 TT (bow, 14 SUT Mod.1), 24 mines S46, 47: 8 - 533 TT (bow, 14 SUT Mod.1)
Electronic equipment	S44, 45: Calypso-II radar, CSU-3/4 sonar suite, Phoenix-II AR-700 ECM suite, C303 torpedo decoys, SFCS Mk 1 CCS S46, 47: Calypso-II radar, CSU-83 sonar suite, DUUX-5 sonar, Sea Sentry ECM suite, C303 torpedo decoys, ISUS 90 CCS
Complement	40
Diving depth operational, m	260

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Project history

A Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft of Kiel design. The Indian Navy finally signed a contract for four boats on 11 December 1981, with the first pair built in Germany and the second pair to be assembled at Mazagon, Bombay. The project suffered lengthy delays because all materials had to be imported and workers had to be trained. These delays lead to plans to build a further two boats being dropped and Soviet-built Project 877 being acquired instead.

These vessels are unique in being fitted with the IKL rescue sphere, capable of evacuating the entire crew.

Modernizations

1990s, Shishumar, Shankush: - CSU-3/4 sonar suite; + CSU-83 sonar suite, DUUX-5 sonar

Naval service

No significant events.