UMS Minye Theinkhathu

UMS Minye Theinkhathu (71) (Burmese: မင်းရဲသိင်္ခသူ; [mɪ́ɴjɛ́ θèiɴgəðù]) is the first and only submarine in the Myanmar Navy. The Soviet-era Kilo-class submarine was acquired in 2020 from the Indian Navy where it had served as INS Sindhuvir (S58) since 1988.[1][2][3] The ship was refitted by Hindustan Shipyard before the handover.[4][1]

UMS Minye Theinkhathu
History
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
Service record
Part of:
General characteristics
Class and type: Sindhughosh-class submarine (Kilo Project-887EKM variant)
Displacement:
  • 2325 tons surfaced
  • 3076 tons dived
Length: 72.6 m (238 ft)
Beam: 9.9 m (32 ft)
Draught: 6.6 m (22 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 2 × 3,650 hp (2,720 kW) diesel-electric motors
  • 1 × 5,900 hp (4,400 kW) motor
  • 2 × 204 hp (152 kW) auxiliary motors
  • 1 × 130 hp (97 kW) economic speed motor
Speed:
  • Surfaced: 10 knots (19 km/h)
  • Snorkel Mode: 9 knots (17 km/h)
  • Submerged: 17 knots (31 km/h)
Range:
  • Snorting: 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 7 kn (13 km/h)
  • Submerged: 400 nautical miles (740 km) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h)
  • Full run: 12.7 nmi (23.5 km) at 21 knots (39 km/h)
Endurance: Up to 45 days with a crew of 52
Test depth:
  • Operational Depth; 240 m (790 ft)
  • Maximum Depth: 300 m (980 ft)
Complement: 52 (incl. 13 Officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Surface Search:
  • MRK-50E (Snoop Tray-2) general purpose detection radar with Target Separating System (TSS)
  • Sonar;
  • MGK-400E Rubikon-E (Shark Teeth) active/passive sonar
  • Control Systems;
  • MVU-110EM automatic digital combat management system
  • AICS Lama EKM Integrated Combat Control Console System
  • PIRIT Control System
  • Navigation Systems and Communication System;
  • Andoga Navigation System
  • GPS Navigation System
  • Nereides VLF/LF Communication System
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
Armament:

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’).[5] The submarine was formally commissioned along with other six new ships at the 73rd Navy Day ceremony on 24 December 2020.[6]

UMS Minye Theinkhathu at the Bandoola naval exercise

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.

UMS Minye Theinkhathu at the 73rd Myanmar Navy Day ceremony (24 December 2020)
UMS Minye Theinkhathu at the commissioning ceremony

References
  1. Laskar, Rezaul H (21 October 2020). "India gifts a submarine to Myanmar, gains edge over China". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Mazumdar, Mrityunjoy (19 October 2020). "Myanmar Navy showcases newly acquired submarine in Fleet Exercise Bandoola". Janes.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  4. "HSL finishes refit of INS Sindhuvir before schedule". The Hindu. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  5. "Myanmar Navy showcases newly acquired submarine in Fleet Exercise Bandoola". janes.com. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  6. 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.


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