Indian submarine INS
Sindhurakshak was a Russian-made Kilo-class Type 636 (Sindhughosh-class) 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 submarine suffered a minor fire incident in 2010 and a
major one on 14 August 2013 ,
which resulted in its sinking at Mumbai's naval dockyards. At the time of its sinking, there were
reportedly 18 crew members on board and all are feared dead.
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