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Name | INS Vagli |
Launched | 19 April 1973 |
Commissioned | 10 August 1974 |
Decommissioned | 9 December 2010 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type | Vela-class submarine |
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Length | 91.3 m (299 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
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Range |
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Test depth | 250 m (820 ft) |
Complement | 75 (incl 8 officers) |
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INS Vagli (S42) was a Vela-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy, commissioned in 1974. [1] Along with her sister ship Vela, she spent almost 10 years undergoing a protracted refit by Hindustan Shipyard. [2] After 36 years of active service, INS Vagli was decommissioned on 9 December 2010. [3] [4] [5]
It has been proposed to convert INS Vagli into a Submarine museum on the likes of her sister ship INS Kursura . The ship was brought to the Chennai Harbour on 25th March 2013 and later moved to Mammalapuram on April 6. and was handed over to the state for conversion into a Maritime Heritage Museum based near Mamallapuram. [6] [7] However, following various contractural setbacks, the process did not come to fruitation and the submarine was towed to a vacant berth at the chennai port in June 2014. The ship is still maintained by dock officials, though it's condition countinues to deteriorate . [8] [9] [10]
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