INS Kalvari (S23) was the lead vessel of the of diesel-electric submarines of the Indian Navy.Kalvari Class (Foxtrot Class) – Bharat Rakshak :: Indian Navy . Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved on 2018-12-25. It was the first ever submarine inducted into service by the Indian Navy. The submarine was laid down on 27 December 1966 as B-51 of the Soviet Navy by Novo-Admiralty at Galerniy Island, Leningrad.
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The submarine was launched on 15 April 1967 and competed on 26 September 1967. The submarine was commissioned by the Indian Navy on 8 December 1967 at Riga, Soviet Union. The Navy celebrates Submarine Day annually on 8 December to commemorate this occasion. When the submarine arrived in Bombay, the service docks were not yet ready to accommodate the submarine. When the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war broke out, Kalvari was under refit and did not partake in operations.
The submarine was decommissioned in 1992.
Kalvari is the Malayalam word for tiger shark, a deep-sea predator in the Indian Ocean. The name symbolizes agility, strength and predatory power. The tiger shark (Galeocerdo Cuvier) is a species of requiem shark which are found in tropical and temperate waters.
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