SEVERODVINSK. Arkhangelsk Region. April 12 (Interfax-AVN) - The Sinduratna diesel electric submarine of the Indian Navy that has been repaired and modernized at the Zvyozdochka ship-repair facility in Severodvinsk will be transferred to the customer in August.
The submarine has yet to undergo the full cycle of mooring and sea trials, spokesmen for the Zvyozdochka administration told Interfax-Military News Agency on Friday when the submarine was leaving the facility's boathouse. In addition, the Club-S missile system installed in the submarine will have to perform live firing, they said.
The Project 877 submarine (Kilo class) arrived at Zvyozdochka for repairs and modernization in June 2000. The modernization envisaged installation of the up-to-date Club-S missile system intended for hitting surface ships, submarines and ground targets of the enemy at a distance of about 200km, a new hydroacoustic system, a combat data and control system and a navigation system.
The Sinduratna is the second Indian submarine repaired at Zvyozdochka, the enterprise's press service has said. Repairs of the first submarine called Sinduvir were completed in 1999. After repairs the submarine went from Severodvinsk to its home port through the Arctic, Atlantic and Indian Oceans covering a total of 11,000 miles, which proved high quality of the work.
The Sinduranta has a surface displacement of 2,300t, length of 72,6m, width of 9.9m, draught of 6.2m, surface speed of 10 knots, and underwater speed 18 knots. Its underwater range with employment of the underwater diesel mode amounts to 6,000 miles, underwater range with employment of electric engines in the economic mode 400 miles, full endurance 45 days, submergence depth 300m, and crew 52 people. Armament includes six torpedo tubes of 533mm caliber.