Vela-class submarine

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A variant of the Foxtrot-class submarine of the Indian Navy
Class overview
NameVela class [1]
BuildersSudomekh, Admiralty Shipyard
OperatorsNaval Ensign of India.svg  Indian Navy
Preceded by Kalvari class
Succeeded by
In commission1973–2010 [2]
Planned4
Completed4
Retired4
General characteristics
Type Submarine
Displacement
  • 1,952 t (1,921 long tons) surfaced
  • 2,475 t (2,436 long tons) submerged
Length91.3 m (299 ft 6 in)
Beam7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Draught6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Speed
  • 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced
  • 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) submerged
Range
  • 20,000 mi (32,000 km) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced
  • 380 mi (610 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
Test depth250 m (820 ft)
Complement75 (incl 8 officers)
Sensors &
processing systems		 Panchendriya sonar
Armament
  • 10 533mm torpedo tubes with 22 SET-65E/SAET-60 torpedoes
  • 44 mines in lieu of torpedoes

Vela-class submarines of the Indian Navy were variants of the later Soviet Foxtrot-class submarines. The last of the class was decommissioned from the Indian Navy in December 2010. The submarines formed the 8th Submarine Squadron and were based at INS Virbahu. [3]

Contents

INS Vagli is planned to be preserved as a museum in Tamil Nadu, though the process has been plagued with issues and is currently on hold. [4]

Ships of the class

NamePennantBuilderCommissionedDecommissionedStatus
INS Vela S40Sudomekh31 August 197325 June 2010
INS Vagir S41Sudomekh3 November 19737 June 2001
INS Vagli S42Sudomekh10 August 19749 December 2010To be preserved as a museum [5]
INS Vagsheer S43Sudomekh26 December 197430 April 1997

References

  1. ↑ "Submarines of Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
  2. ↑ "Bharat-Rakshak.com :: NAVY - Kalvari Class (Foxtrot Class)". Archived from the original on 15 January 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
  3. ↑ "INS Virbahu | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  4. ↑ Jesudasan, Dennis S. (23 July 2017). "Decommissioned submarine languishes in Chennai". The Hindu. The Hindu Group.
  5. ↑ "Sea Dredging Mooted to Take Sub to Mamallapuram Shores". The New Indian Express. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
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