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.
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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