UMS Minye Theinkhathu (71) (Burmese: မင်းရဲသိင်္ခသူ; [mɪ́ɴjɛ́ θèiɴgəðù]) is a Sindhughosh (Kilo)-class submarine owned by the Myanmar Navy. It is the first of two submarines procured by the country's navy, followed by the UMS Minye Kyaw Htin.[3] Before being acquired by Myanmar, it served in the Indian Navy as INS Sindhuvir (S58) (Brave at the Sea).[4][5]
| History | |
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 India | |
| Name | INS Sindhuvir (S58) |
| Builder | Rubin Design Bureau and refitted by Hindustan Shipyard |
| Launched | 13 September 1987 |
| Commissioned | 26 August 1988 |
| Decommissioned | 2020 |
| Fate | Transferred to Myanmar, 2020 |
 Myanmar | |
| Name | UMS Minye Theinkhathu |
| Namesake | Mingyi Swe |
| Acquired | 2020 |
| Commissioned | 24 December 2020 |
| Status | in active service |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sindhughosh-class submarine (Kilo Project-877EKM variant) |
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| Length | 72.6 m (238 ft) |
| Beam | 9.9 m (32 ft) |
| Draught | 6.6 m (22 ft) |
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| Endurance | Up to 45 days with a crew of 52 |
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| Complement | 52 (incl. 13 Officers) |
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Beginning in the 1980s and ending in 2000, the Indian Navy acquired ten Kilo-class submarines from the Soviet Union and its successor state Russia. Within India, they are known as the Sindhughosh class.[6]
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Myanmar acquired Sindhuvir in 2020.[7][8][9] The ship was refitted by Hindustan Shipyard before the handover.[10][7]
The submarine was first seen publicly as a Myanmar Navy ship, as UMS Minye Theinkhathu, on 15 October 2020 as part of a naval fleet exercise (‘Bandoola 2020’).[9] The submarine was formally commissioned along with other six new ships at the 73rd Navy Day ceremony on 24 December 2020.[11][12] The ceremony was attended by the Indian and Russian ambassadors to Myanmar, which the military intelligence company Jane's believes could indicate Russian involvement in the submarine's transfer to Myanmar.[12]
It appears to be named after Minye Theinkhathu of Toungoo (Taungoo), who was the father of King Bayinnaung and served as viceroy of Toungoo from 1540 to 1549.[citation needed]
The Minye Theinkhathu was in naval exercises alongside the Minye Kyaw Htin on July 6, 2022 in the Bay of Bengal.[13]
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UMS Minye Theinkhathu at the commissioning ceremony
References edit
- ^ "L'India consegna alla Marina Birmana il suo primo sottomarino – Analisi Difesa". 28 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Rosoboron exports - Project 636".
- ^ Yeo, Mike (30 December 2021). "China transfers secondhand submarine to Myanmar". Defense News. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%81 [bare URL]
- ^ https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0#:~:text=%E0%A5%A7.,%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A5%A4 [bare URL]
- ^ Peri, Dinakar (22 May 2023). "Kilo-class submarine INS Sindhuratna reaches India after major refit in Russia". The Hindu.
- ^ a b Laskar, Rezaul H (21 October 2020). "India gifts a submarine to Myanmar, gains edge over China". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Submarines of Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- ^ a b Mazumdar, Mrityunjoy (19 October 2020). "Myanmar Navy showcases newly acquired submarine in Fleet Exercise Bandoola". Janes. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "HSL finishes refit of INS Sindhuvir before schedule". The Hindu. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ Information Team, Tatmadaw (24 December 2020). "(၇၃)နှစ်မြောက်တပ်မတော်(ရေ)နေ့အထိမ်းအမှတ် တိုက်ခိုက်ရေးရေငုပ်သင်္ဘော စစ်ရေယာဉ် (မင်းရဲသိင်္ခသူ) အပါအဝင် စစ်ရေယာဉ်များ တပ်တော်ဝင်ခြင်း အခမ်းအနား ကျင်းပပြုလုပ်". Tatmadaw. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ a b Herschelman, Kerry; Rahmat, Ridzwan (30 December 2020). "Myanmar commissions submarine, warships on 73rd Navy Day". Janes. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "Myanmar conducts exercise involving its two submarines". 6 July 2022.
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