Friday, August 16, 2013

Submarine INS Sindhurakshak sinks after blasts



A massive fire accident sank the Navy’s kilo-class submarine INS Sindhurakshak sank on 14-08-2013 at Mumbai Naval Docks in Colaba.

 At the time of its sinking, there were reportedly 18 crew members on board and all are feared dead.


INS Sindhurakshak is a Russian-made Kilo-class Type 636 diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy. Commissioned on 24 December 1997, it was the ninth of the ten Kilo-class submarines in the Indian Navy. On 4 June 2010, the Indian Defence Ministry and Zvezdochka shipyard signed a contract worth US$80 million to upgrade and overhaul the submarine.  After the overhaul, it returned to India from Russia between May and June 2013.


The Kilo class is the NATO reporting name for a naval diesel-electric submarine that is made in Russia.

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