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Indian Navy Kalvari-class submarine For other ships with the same name, see INS Karanj.

History
INS Karanj underway
India
Name	INS Karanj
Namesake	Karanja
Launched	28 April 1968
Commissioned	4 September 1969
Decommissioned	1 August 2003
Fate	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type	Kalvari-class submarine
Displacement	1,950 t (1,919 long tons) surfaced 2,475 t (2,436 long tons) submerged
Length	91.3 m (299 ft 6 in)
Beam	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Draught	6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) submerged
Range	20,000 mi (32,000 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced 380 mi (610 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
Test depth	250 m (820 ft)
Complement	75 (incl 8 officers)
Armament	10 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes with 22 SET-65E/SAET-60 torpedoes 44 mines in lieu of torpedoes

INS Karanj (S21) was a Kalvari-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy.

The ship was named after the Karanja island, also known as Uran island, located in the Raigad district of Maharashtra.

Popular culture

The 2017 film Ghazi, features the story of men aboard S21 who managed to survive underwater for 18 days.

"Kalvari Class (Foxtrot Class)". www.bharat-rakshak.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
"INS Karanj, named after submarine that fought in 1971, joins Indian Navy". The Week. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
"Explained: India's Kalvari class of submarines, and its strategic significance". The Indian Express. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
"The truth behind the Navy's 'sinking' of Ghazi". Sify. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

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Commissioned

Arihant class	Arihant Arighaat

Conventionally-powered
(diesel-electric)

Shishumar class	Shishumar (S44) Shankush (S45) Shalki (S46) Shankul (S47)
Sindhughosh class	Sindhughosh (S55) Sindhuraj (S57) Sindhuratna (S59) Sindhukesari (S60) Sindhukirti (S61) Sindhuvijay (S62) Sindhurashtra (S65)
Kalvari class (2015)	Kalvari (S21) Khanderi (2017) Karanj (S23) Vela (S24) Vagir (S25) Vagsheer (S26)

Future submarines

Nuclear-powered

Arihant class	Aridhaman S4*

Conventionally-powered
(diesel-electric)

Kalvari class (2015)	Vagir (S25) Vagsheer (S26)

Decommissioned

Nuclear-powered

Charlie class	Chakra (K43)
Improved Akula I class	Chakra (S71)

Conventionally-powered
(diesel-electric)

Kalvari class (1967)	Kursura (S20) Karanj (S21) Khanderi (1968) Kalvari (S23)
Vela class	Vela (S40) Vagir (S41) Vagli (S42) Vagsheer (S43)
Sindhughosh class	Sindhurakshak (S63) Sindhuvir (S58) Sindhudhvaj (S56)

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