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 commission19732010 [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.