Submarine Day 2020

Submarine Day is observed on 8 December each year to remember and honour submariners who made supreme sacrifice in their service.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

Key-Points

It was on December 8 that the Indian Naval Ensign was unfurled on INS Kalvari, the first submarine to be inducted in the Indian Navy, at Riga in Latvia, the erstwhile USSR, in 1967.

INS Kalvari was a diesel-electric submarine of the Foxtrot Class from the erstwhile USSR.

Kalvari is the Malayalam name for Tiger Shark, a predator in the Indian Ocean. The Kalvari was decommissioned in 1996 after 29 years of service.

The Indian Navy is inducting several submarines in Kalvari Class, named after the very first submarine inducted into service.

INS Kalvari, a diesel-electric submarine of Scorpene-class, was inducted into service in 2017 after having being built at the Mazagon dock in Mumbai. It has been designed by French company DCNS.

INS Khanderi is the other submarine of Kalvari class currently in service. The other submarines slated to join service under this class are Vela, Karanj, Vaghir and Vaghsheer.