INS Sindhuratna

About INS Sindhuratna:

• INS Sindhuratna had gone for an upgrade in Severodvinsk, Russia after a major accident in February 2014.
• INS Sindhuratna is a Russian Type 877EKM diesel-electric submarine also popularly called a NATO-defined Kilo-class sub.
• Eight of the Navy’s diesel-electric submarines are Kilo class or Sindhughosh class from Russia (and the former USSR), sourced between 1984 and 2000 and INS Sindhuratna is among the oldest Kilo-class submarines in the fleet.
• It was commissioned into the Indian Navy in December 1988.