Kalvari class of submarines:

Question 1

What is meaning of class of ships?

Answer 1

group of vessels which have the same make, purpose and displacement.i.e.Kalvari is class of submarine and INS Vagir is recently launched submarine of Kalvari class.

Question 2

Enumerate the Submarines of Kalvari class?

Answer 2

INS Kalvari, INS Khanderi, INS Karanj, INS Vela and INS Vagsheer,and now INS Vagir

Question 3

For which purpose Kalvari Class of submarines can be used?

Answer 3

Can be used in anti-warship and anti-submarine operations, intelligence gathering and surveillance and naval mine laying.

Question 4

Under which project the kalvari class submarines are built?Their design is based on what?

Answer 4

built under Project 75 and their design is based on the Scorpene class of the submarines.

Question 5

Who is building them?

Answer 5

public sector shipbuilder Mazagon Dock Ltd (MDL) in Mumbai.

Question 6

Give Origins of the names of ships mentioned?

Answer 6

Kalvari – means Tiger Shark.

Vagir has been named after a Sand Fish, a predatory marine species.

Khanderi has been named after an Island Fort built by Chhatrapati Shivaji, which played a key role in his Navy.

Karanj has also been named after an Island located South of Mumbai.

Question 7

Describe India’s submarine fleet.

Answer 7

India currently operates one submarine each in nuclear powered Classes of Chakra and Arihant and in addition to 14 submarines belonging to three classes of Diesel Electric category — Kalvari, Shishumar and Sindhughosh.