UMS Minye Theinkhathu
{{short description|Diesel-electric submarine of the Myanmar Navy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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|display title=UMS Minye Theinkhathu }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = | Ship caption = UMS Minye Theinkhathu }} {{Infobox ship career |Ship country=India |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|India|naval 2014}} |Ship name=INS Sindhuvir (S58) |Ship builder=Rubin Design Bureau and refitted by Hindustan Shipyard |Ship launched = 13 September 1987 |Ship commissioned = 26 August 1988 |Ship decommissioned= 2020 |Ship fate= Transferred to Myanmar, 2020 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = title | Ship country = Myanmar | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Myanmar|naval}} | Ship name = UMS Minye Theinkhathu | Ship namesake = Mingyi Swe | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship acquired = 2020 | Ship commissioned = 24 December 2020 | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = |Ship fate= | Ship status = {{ship in active service}} | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox service record |is_ship=yes |is_multi=yes |partof=*Indian Navy (1988–2020)
}} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass|Sindhughosh|submarine}} (Kilo Project-877EKM variant) | Ship type = | Ship displacement = *2325 tons surfaced
| Ship length = {{convert|72.6|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|9.9|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = {{convert|6.6|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = | Ship propulsion = *2 × {{convert|3650|hp|abbr=on}} diesel-electric motors
| Ship speed = *Surfaced: {{convert|11|kn|km/h}}{{cite web|title=Rosoboron exports - Project 636|url=https://roe.ru/eng/catalog/naval-systems/submarines/project-636/}}
| Ship range = *Snorting: {{convert|6000|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|7|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}
| Ship endurance = Up to 45 days with a crew of 52 | Ship test depth = *Operational Depth; {{convert|240|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship complement = 52 (incl. 13 Officers) | Ship sensors = *Surface Search:
| Ship EW = *MRP-25E ECM suite
| Ship armament = * 18 torpedoes (6 in tubes and 12 on the racks) for
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UMS Minye Theinkhathu (71) (Burmese: မင်းရဲသိင်္ခသူ; {{IPA|my|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.{{Cite web |last=Yeo |first=Mike |date=2021-12-30 |title=China transfers secondhand submarine to Myanmar |url=https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2021/12/30/china-transfers-secondhand-submarine-to-myanmar/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=Defense News |language=en}} Before being acquired by Myanmar, it served in the Indian Navy as INS Sindhuvir (S58) (Brave at the Sea).{{cite web | url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%81 | title=सिन्धु - Wiktionary, the free dictionary }}{{cite web | 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 | title=वीर - विक्षनरी }}
Background
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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.{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kilo-class-submarine-ins-sindhuratna-reaches-india-after-major-refit-in-russia/article66881333.ece | title=Kilo-class submarine INS Sindhuratna reaches India after major refit in Russia | newspaper=The Hindu | date=22 May 2023 | last1=Peri | first1=Dinakar }}
Myanmar Navy service
Myanmar acquired Sindhuvir in 2020.{{Cite web|last=Laskar|first=Rezaul H|date=2020-10-21|title=India gifts a submarine to Myanmar, gains edge over China|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-gifts-a-submarine-to-myanmar-gains-edge-over-china/story-fblOtZRy3hOaJDi6CKkjuK.html|access-date=2020-10-25|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}{{cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/sub_sindhughosh.htm |title=Submarines of Indian Navy |access-date=5 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619071559/http://indiannavy.nic.in/sub_sindhughosh.htm |archive-date=19 June 2009 }}{{Cite news|last=Mazumdar|first=Mrityunjoy|date=19 October 2020|title=Myanmar Navy showcases newly acquired submarine in Fleet Exercise Bandoola|url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/myanmar-navy-showcases-newly-acquired-submarine-in-fleet-exercise-bandoola|access-date=2020-10-25|website=Janes|language=en}} The ship was refitted by Hindustan Shipyard before the handover.{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/hsl-finishes-refit-of-ins-sindhuvir-before-schedule/article30874532.ece|title= HSL finishes refit of INS Sindhuvir before schedule |newspaper=The Hindu|date= 21 February 2020 |access-date=21 February 2020}}
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’). The submarine was formally commissioned along with other six new ships at the 73rd Navy Day ceremony on 24 December 2020.{{Cite web|last=Information Team|first=Tatmadaw|date=24 December 2020|title=(၇၃)နှစ်မြောက်တပ်မတော်(ရေ)နေ့အထိမ်းအမှတ် တိုက်ခိုက်ရေးရေငုပ်သင်္ဘော စစ်ရေယာဉ် (မင်းရဲသိင်္ခသူ) အပါအဝင် စစ်ရေယာဉ်များ တပ်တော်ဝင်ခြင်း အခမ်းအနား ကျင်းပပြုလုပ်|url=http://dsinfo.org/node/771|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224100947/http://dsinfo.org/node/771|archive-date=24 December 2020|access-date=24 December 2020|website=Tatmadaw}}{{Cite news|first1=Kerry|last1=Herschelman|first2=Ridzwan|last2=Rahmat|date=30 December 2020|title=Myanmar commissions submarine, warships on 73rd Navy Day|url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/myanmar-commissions-submarine-warships-on-73rd-navy-day|access-date=2021-03-08|website=Janes|language=en}} 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.
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|date=March 2021}}
The Minye Theinkhathu was in naval exercises alongside the Minye Kyaw Htin on July 6, 2022 in the Bay of Bengal.{{cite web | url=https://navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2022/july/11885-myanmar-conducts-exercise-involving-its-two-submarines.html | title=Myanmar conducts exercise involving its two submarines | date=6 July 2022 }}
Gallery
File:UMS Minye Theinkhathu at a ceremony.jpg|UMS Minye Theinkhathu at the commissioning ceremony
References
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Category:Ships built in the Soviet Union
Category:Submarines of the Myanmar Navy
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