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| Name: | INS Shalki |
| Builder: | Mazagon Dock Limited |
| Commissioned: | 7 February 1992 |
| Status: | in active service |
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| Class and type: | Shishumar-class submarine |
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| Length: | 64.4 m (211 ft) |
| Beam: | 6.5 m (21 ft) |
| Draught: | 6 m (20 ft) |
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| Range: | Snorting 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h) |
| Test depth: | Test depth 260 m (850 ft) |
| Complement: | 40 (incl 8 officers) |
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INS Shalki (S46) is a Shishumar-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy. The submarine was the first ever submarine to be built in India. It was launched in 1987 by the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.