INS Arihant
INS Arihant | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| India | |
| Name | INS Arihant |
| Namesake | Sanskrit for "Conqueror" |
| Builder | Shipbuilding Centre, Visakhapatnam, India |
| Laid down | 2004 |
| Launched | 26 July 2009 |
| Acquired | 13 December 2014 |
| Commissioned | August 2016 |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Arihant-class ballistic missile submarine |
| Displacement | Surface: 6,000 tonne |
| Length | 111 m (364 ft) |
| Beam | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Draft | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Propulsion | 1 x CLWR-B1 Compact 83 MW Light-water reactor one turbine; one shaft; one 7-bladed, high-skew propeller |
| Speed | |
| Range | unlimited except by food supplies |
| Test depth | 350 m (1,150 ft) (estimated) |
| Complement | 95–100 officers and men |
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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.