INS Amba
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INS Amba (A54) was the only submarine tender ship in service with the Indian Navy. It is a modified Soviet Ugra-class design built to Indian specifications in Nikolayev (the present-day Mykolaiv in Ukraine) in 1968. Deviations from the standard Ugra design include four 76 mm guns instead of the 57 mm ones mounted on Soviet units.
| History | |
|---|---|
 India | |
| Name | INS Amba |
| Namesake | Mango[1] |
| Builder | Nikolayev, USSR |
| Commissioned | 28 December 1968 |
| Decommissioned | July 2006 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Submarine tender |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 141 m (462 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 17.6 m (57 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 7 m (23 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric, 2 shafts, 8,000 shp (5,966 kW) |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Range | 21,000 mi (34,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 400 |
| Armament | 4 × 76 mm guns |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter landing pad |
On 26 May 2001 a fire broke out in the laundry section of Amba during a routine refit at the Cochin Shipyard, suffocating two washermen.[2] Amba was decommissioned from service in July 2006.