Two Indian Navy submarines collide

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Indian Navy submarines involved in minor collision


Mumbai, July 3 (IBNS) Two Indian Navy submarines were involved in a collision at a jetty in the Mumbai harbour when one of the vessels was attempting parallel berthing with the other.

The vessels suffered minor damage, though no Navy personnel was hurt during the incident, reports, quoting sources in the Naval headquarter in New Delhi, said on Saturday.

“It is a minor incident that took place 10 days ago. A submarine was attempting a parallel berthing alongside another, which is a routine practice, at the Navy jetty in the Mumbai harbour,” the Navy source said.

No major damage of any equipment or weapon system was reported in the incident and the minor repair would be carried out locally.

Such minor incidents are regular happenings when submarines attempt at parallel berthing, the sources added.

No further details of the incident were available.

The India Navy currently has 16 submarines in its fleet, of which 10 are Kilo class submarines bought from the Russians, four are HDW types and another two are Foxtrot class.

 

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Submarines kiss at Naval Dockyard

Lucky escape for more than 80 sailors and officers; pressurised double-hull of submarines and low speed prevent major damage

More than 80 sailors and officers had a providential escape when two Kilo-class 877EKM attack submarines collided as one of the two approached the naval dockyard early this week.

INS Sindhuratna and INS Sindhukesri, measuring about 70 metres, collided when they were alongside each other while entering the narrow gateway to the naval dockyard, said sources.

Both vessels were lucky to survive the hit as the pressurised double-hull was able to absorb most of the impact, but the rudder of one of submarines was damaged.
At the time, one submarine was docked, while the other was being towed alongside it. The damage was minimal because of the low speed.

The Kilo-class 877EKM attack submarine is capable of touching 11 knots on the surface and 20 knots underwater.

It is still not clear whether the accident was due to human error or bad weather. Prima facie, the mishap has been attributed to an error of judgement.

High-level inquiry

The navy ordered a high-level inquiry into the mishap, but remained tight-lipped about the incident.

Naval spokesperson Capt Manoharan Nambiar said he was on leave and had no information on the incident. His deputy, A Vispute, did not respond to an SMS yesterday.

The Kilo-class attack submarines were returning to the harbour after a reconnaissance and patrol mission off the city harbour when the collision occurred.

Both 2,300-odd-tonne vessels have low noise levels, which could be one of the reasons why they got too close to each other without anybody noticing.

INS Sindhuratna was the second Indian naval submarine to be fitted with four ZM-54E1 missiles with a range of 300 km. It has hull-mounted medium frequency digital sonar.

This is first time two Kilo-class attack submarines have collided at the naval dock.

 

[razgriz19]

probably the water current was too high..

 

[back me up]

probably the water current was too high..

or.. the tug boat screwed up

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Submarines kiss at Naval Dockyard

Lucky escape for more than 80 sailors and officers; pressurised double-hull of submarines and low speed prevent major damage

More than 80 sailors and officers had a providential escape when two Kilo-class 877EKM attack submarines collided as one of the two approached the naval dockyard early this week.

INS Sindhuratna and INS Sindhukesri, measuring about 70 metres, collided when they were alongside each other while entering the narrow gateway to the naval dockyard, said sources.

Both vessels were lucky to survive the hit as the pressurised double-hull was able to absorb most of the impact, but the rudder of one of submarines was damaged.
At the time, one submarine was docked, while the other was being towed alongside it. The damage was minimal because of the low speed.

The Kilo-class 877EKM attack submarine is capable of touching 11 knots on the surface and 20 knots underwater.

It is still not clear whether the accident was due to human error or bad weather. Prima facie, the mishap has been attributed to an error of judgement.

High-level inquiry

The navy ordered a high-level inquiry into the mishap, but remained tight-lipped about the incident.

Naval spokesperson Capt Manoharan Nambiar said he was on leave and had no information on the incident. His deputy, A Vispute, did not respond to an SMS yesterday.

The Kilo-class attack submarines were returning to the harbour after a reconnaissance and patrol mission off the city harbour when the collision occurred.

Both 2,300-odd-tonne vessels have low noise levels, which could be one of the reasons why they got too close to each other without anybody noticing.

INS Sindhuratna was the second Indian naval submarine to be fitted with four ZM-54E1 missiles with a range of 300 km. It has hull-mounted medium frequency digital sonar.

This is first time two Kilo-class attack submarines have collided at the naval dock.

This is a report written by journalists who have hardly any technical knowledge. And news reports are sometimes written 'by the ignorant for the ignorant'. The highlighted sections are a bit over the top. While berthing, ship velocities are a fraction of operational speeds, so momentums are far lower. Needless to say, submarines are built with pressure hulls to withstand both high pressures when dived as well as explosive pressures of exploding armament. Not much damage can occur in the circumstances described.

 

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This is a report written by journalists who have hardly any technical knowledge. And news reports are sometimes written 'by the ignorant for the ignorant'. The highlighted sections are a bit over the top. While berthing, ship velocities are a fraction of operational speeds, so momentums are far lower. Needless to say, submarines are built with pressure hulls to withstand both high pressures when dived as well as explosive pressures of exploding armament. Not much damage can occur in the circumstances described.

that's the hell of an explanation......!!!