Name INS Kalvari Decommissioned 31 May 1996 Fate Decommissioned Draft 6 m | Commissioned 8 December 1967 Identification S23 Length 91 m | |
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Namesake "Kalvari" a deep sea tiger shark. | ||
INS Kalvari (S23) was the lead vessel of the Kalvari class of diesel-electric submarines of the Indian Navy. The submarine was laid down on 27 December 1966 as Foxtrot-class submarine B-51 of the Soviet Navy by Novo-Admiralty at Galerniy Island, Leningrad. The submarine was launched on 15 April 1967 and competed on 26 September 1967. B-51 was transferred to the Indian Navy in July 1968. The submarine was removed from service in 1992.
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