Indian Navy commissions third Kalvari (Scorpène)-class submarine 10 March 2021 by Gabriel Dominguez & Rahul Bedi The Indian Navy (IN) commissioned on 10 March its third of six licence-built Kalvari (Scorpène)-class diesel-electric attack submarines (SSKs). Named INS Karanj (pennant number S 23), the 67.6 m-long boat was inducted in a ceremony held at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai and presided over by IN Chief of Staff Admiral Karambir Singh. The Indian Navy commissioned Karanj , its third Kalvari-class SSK, in a ceremony held on 10 March in Mumbai. (Indian Navy) The SSK, which was officially handed over to the service on 15 February by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), is now part of the Western Naval Command’s submarine fleet.