INS Amba (A54) was the only submarine tender ship in service with the Indian Navy, it was decommissioned from service in July 2006. It is a modified SovietUgra class design built to Indian specifications in Nikolayev (the present-day Mykolaiv in Ukraine) in 1968. Deviations from the standard Ugra design include four 76 mm guns instead of the 57 mm ones mounted on Soviet units. Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_India. ... Mykolaiv or Mykolayiv (Ukrainian: ), also known by its Russian name (Nikolaev or Nikolayev) is a city in Southern Ukraine with the population of 514,000 (2001 estimation). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... The horsepower (hp) is the name of several non-metric units of power. ... A submarine tender is a type of ship that supplies and supports submarines. ... The Indian Navy (Bharatiya Nau Sena) is the naval branch of the Armed Forces of India. ... Motto: Пролетарии вÑех Ñтран, ÑоединÑйтеÑÑŒ! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Russian: Workers of the world, unite!) Anthem: The Internationale (1922-1944) Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991) Capital (largest city) Moscow None; Russian de facto Government Federation of Soviet Republics - Last President Mikhail Gorbachev - Last Premier Ivan Silayev Establishment October Revolution - Declared 30... Mykolaiv or Mykolayiv (Ukrainian: ), also known by its Russian name (Nikolaev or Nikolayev) is a city in Southern Ukraine with the population of 514,000 (2001 estimation). ...
The Amba was acquired in order to support the Indian Navy's then growing fleet of Foxtrot class submarines. Of the eight submarines of that type commissioned during the late 1960s and early 1970s, only two (the Vela and Vagli) remain in service today. It is unclear if the Amba is used with the newer Shishumar and Sindhughosh submarines that since have entered service. The Foxtrot class was the NATO reporting name of a class of diesel-electric patrol submarines that were built in the Soviet Union. ... Sishumar class is one of the three diesel-powered submarine classes in the Indian Navy. ... Sindhughosh class is one of the three diesel-powered submarine classes in the Indian Navy. ...
On May 26, 2001 a fire broke out in the laundry section of the Amba during a routine refit at the Cochin Shipyard, suffocating two washermen. May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Cochin Shipyard is the largest ship building yard in India. ...
VISAKHAPATNAM: INSAmba (elephant), the Russian-built last naval ship that had extensively participated in the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war was decommissioned at a ceremony at the Eastern Naval Command base here by Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Command Vice-Admiral Sureesh Mehta.
With her intrinsic heavy duty repair bays, torpedo workshops, medical facilities and huge accommodation space, INSAmba enabled long deployments of submarines away from the base ports both in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal.
Amba, with a displacement of 8016 tonnes, could cruise at a maximum speed of 17 knots and it has two tubes torpedoes and two 76.2 mm guns.
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