UMS Minye Theinkhathu explained

UMS Minye Theinkhathu (71) (Burmese: မင်းရဲသိင်္ခသူ; in Burmese pronounced as /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.[1] Before being acquired by Myanmar, it served in the Indian Navy as INS Sindhuvir (S58) (Brave at the Sea).[2] [3]

Background

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.[4]

Myanmar Navy service

Myanmar acquired Sindhuvir in 2020.[5] [6] [7] The ship was refitted by Hindustan Shipyard before the handover.[8]

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’).[7] The submarine was formally commissioned along with other six new ships at the 73rd Navy Day ceremony on 24 December 2020.[9] [10] 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.[10]

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.

The Minye Theinkhathu was in naval exercises alongside the Minye Kyaw Htin on July 6, 2022 in the Bay of Bengal.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yeo . Mike . 2021-12-30 . China transfers secondhand submarine to Myanmar . 2023-12-11 . Defense News . en.
  2. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%81
  3. 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
  4. News: Kilo-class submarine INS Sindhuratna reaches India after major refit in Russia . The Hindu . 22 May 2023 . Peri . Dinakar .
  5. Web site: Laskar. Rezaul H. 2020-10-21. India gifts a submarine to Myanmar, gains edge over China. 2020-10-25. Hindustan Times. en.
  6. Web site: Submarines of Indian Navy . 5 August 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090619071559/http://indiannavy.nic.in/sub_sindhughosh.htm . 19 June 2009 .
  7. News: Mazumdar. Mrityunjoy. 19 October 2020. Myanmar Navy showcases newly acquired submarine in Fleet Exercise Bandoola. 2020-10-25. Janes. en.
  8. News: HSL finishes refit of INS Sindhuvir before schedule . The Hindu. 21 February 2020 . 21 February 2020.
  9. Web site: Information Team. Tatmadaw. 24 December 2020. (၇၃)နှစ်မြောက်တပ်မတော်(ရေ)နေ့အထိမ်းအမှတ် တိုက်ခိုက်ရေးရေငုပ်သင်္ဘော စစ်ရေယာဉ် (မင်းရဲသိင်္ခသူ) အပါအဝင် စစ်ရေယာဉ်များ တပ်တော်ဝင်ခြင်း အခမ်းအနား ကျင်းပပြုလုပ်. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201224100947/http://dsinfo.org/node/771. 24 December 2020. 24 December 2020. Tatmadaw.
  10. News: Kerry. Herschelman. Ridzwan. Rahmat. 30 December 2020. Myanmar commissions submarine, warships on 73rd Navy Day. 2021-03-08. Janes. en.
  11. Web site: Myanmar conducts exercise involving its two submarines . 6 July 2022 .

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