Moscow, Oct. 19 (UNI): Russia has handed over the Kilo-class Indian diesel-electric submarine INS Sindhugosh to the naval crew after its complete modernisation at the Zvezdochka defence shipyard of Severodvinsk, in the White Sea.
A delivery act for INS Sindhughosh was signed at the Zvezdochka shipyard on Monday, Interfax news agency reported.
Earlier this month, INS Sindhugosh ended Club-S missile tests at a firing range of the Russian Northern Fleet's Belomorskaya naval station in the White Sea.
After successfully passing the final tests in the White Sea last week, the submarine is expected to leave for its permanent berth in India on October 22.
'INS Sindhughosh' is the third Kilo-class submarine of project 877EKM modernised by Zvezdochka shipyard. INS Sindhuvir and INS Sindhuratna were modernised at the shipyard in 1999 and 2002, respectively.
The submarine came off the slips at the shipyard last April, after passing through various upgradation stages, since August 2002.
Armed with six 533 mm torpedo tubes, INS Sindhughosh has a crew of 52 men.
The modernised submarine has a Russian "Club-S" missile complex, designed to hit surface vessels, submarines and ground targets within a distance of about 200 kilometres.
It is also equipped with some Indian devices, including a hydro-acoustic "USHUS" complex and a CCS-MK radio-communication system.
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