Kalvari-class submarine (2015)

Kalvari, the lead vessel of the class, at sea
Class overview
NameKalvari class
BuildersMazagon Dock Limited
Operators Indian Navy
Preceded by
Succeeded byProject 75I
Cost
  • 23,652 crore (equivalent to 340 billion or US$4.0 billion in 2023) for six units
  • 3,942 crore (equivalent to 57 billion or US$670 million in 2023) per unit (FY 2016)
In commission2017 – present
Planned9
On order3
Completed6
Active6
General characteristics
TypeAttack submarine
Displacement
  • Surfaced: 1,615 tonnes (1,589 long tons)
  • Submerged: 1,775 tonnes (1,747 long tons)
Length67.5 m (221 ft 5 in)
Beam6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Height12.3 m (40 ft 4 in)
Draught5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Propulsion
  • 4 x MTU 12V 396 SE84 diesel engines
  • 360 x battery cells
  • DRDO PAFC Fuel Cell AIP (expected to be added in Fleet I submarines from September 2025 onwards)
Speed
  • Surfaced: 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
  • Submerged: 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range
  • 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) (surfaced)
  • 550 nmi (1,020 km; 630 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) (submerged)
Endurance50 days
Test depth350 metres (1,150 ft)
Complement
  • 8 officers
  • 35 sailors
Electronic warfare
& decoys
C303/S anti-torpedo countermeasure system
Armament

The Kalvari-class submarines (lit.'Tiger shark'), formally classified as the Project-75 submarines (P-75), is a class of diesel-electric attack submarines operated by the Indian Navy (IN). Built by a syndicate of French and Indian shipyards, namely, Naval Group and Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) respectively, the class is an export derivative of the French-origin Scorpène-class submarine, originally designed by Naval Group.

A namesake of the former Foxtrot-class submarines that the IN operated between 1967 and 2010, the class was originally planned in the late-1990s as an initial phase of a 30-year long naval rearmament roadmap to replace the IN's conventional submarine fleet, namely the Sindhughosh and Shishumar-class submarines. India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) placed an order of six submarines in 2005, at a cost of 23,562 crore (equivalent to 800 billion or US$9.5 billion in 2023). The last of the first batch of submarines entered service on 15 January 2025. A repeat order for another batch of 3 submarines is to be placed in February 2025 at a cost of 38,000 crore (US$4.5 billion).

First introduced to operational service in 2017, the submarines are currently operated by the IN for a variety of missions, namely, littoral surveillance, intelligence gathering, anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and minelaying operations.