INS Arihant

INS Arihant
History
India
NameINS Arihant
NamesakeSanskrit for "Conqueror"
BuilderShipbuilding Centre, Visakhapatnam, India
Laid down2004
Launched26 July 2009
Acquired13 December 2014
CommissionedAugust 2016
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class & typeArihant-class ballistic missile submarine
DisplacementSurface: 6,000 tonne
Length111 m (364 ft)
Beam15 m (49 ft)
Draft11 m (36 ft)
Propulsion1 x CLWR-B1 Compact 83 MW Light-water reactor
one turbine; one shaft; one 7-bladed, high-skew propeller
Speed
  • Submerged: 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph)
  • Surfaced: 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Rangeunlimited except by food supplies
Test depth350 m (1,150 ft) (estimated)
Complement95–100 officers and men
Sensors &
processing systems
Armament

INS Arihant (SSBN 80) (lit.'Conqueror'), is the lead ship of Indian Navy's Arihant class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. The vessel was built under the Advanced Technology Vessel project at the Ship Building Centre in Visakhapatnam. The submarine was launched on 26 July 2009, and after fitting out and extensive sea trials, she was commissioned in August 2016, and deployed operationally in 2018.