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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian diesel-electric submarine}}<br />
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| name = INS ''Shankul''<br />
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| builder = [[Mazagon Dock Limited]]<br />
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| launched = 21 March 1992<br />
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| commissioned = 28 May 1994<ref name=br-shishumar>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Submarines/Active/93-Shishumar-Class.html |title=Shishumar Class | date=29 October 2008 |access-date=6 July 2019 | publisher=Bharat Rakshak |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004055233/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Submarines/Active/93-Shishumar-Class.html |archive-date=4 October 2014 }}</ref><br />
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| displacement = *1450 tons surfaced<br />
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| length = {{convert|64.4|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br />
| beam = {{convert|6.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br />
| draught = {{convert|6|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br />
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| propulsion = *4 × {{convert|2400|hp|abbr=on}} diesel-electric motors<br />
*1 × Siemens {{convert|4600|hp|abbr=on}} motor<br />
*4 × {{convert|1.8|MW|abbr=on}} Siemens alternators<br />
*1 shaft<br />
| speed = *Surfaced {{convert|11|kn|km/h}}<br />
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| range = Snorting {{convert|8000|nmi|km}} at {{convert|8|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}<br />
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| test_depth = Test depth {{convert|260|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br />
| complement = 40 (incl 8 officers)<br />
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| armament = *14 × [[SUT torpedo|AEG-SUT Mod 1]] wire-guided active/passive torpedoes<br />
*24 × external strap-on [[Naval mine|mines]]<br />
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'''INS ''Shankul'' (S47)''' ({{Lit|[[Skate (fish)|Skate Fish]]}}) is a {{sclass|Shishumar|submarine|0}} diesel-electric [[submarine]] of the [[Indian Navy]].<ref name=in-shishumar>{{cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/sub_shishumar.htm |title=Submarines of Indian Navy |access-date=6 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619071908/http://indiannavy.nic.in/sub_shishumar.htm |archive-date=19 June 2009 }}</ref> The submarine was the second to be built in India. She participated in the [[International Fleet Review 2026]] held in [[Visakhapatnam|Visakapatanam]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2026-02-14 |title=India’s indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant to steal the show in IFR 2026 in Vizag |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/indias-indigenous-aircraft-carrier-ins-vikrant-to-steal-the-show-in-ifr-2026-in-vizag/articleshow/128355649.cms |access-date=2026-02-16 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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{{Submarines of the Indian Navy}}<br />
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[[Category:Shishumar-class submarines]]<br />
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[[Category:1992 ships]]<br />
[[Category:Submarines of India]]<br />
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