Vela-class submarine

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.

A variant of the Foxtrot-class submarine of the Indian Navy
Class overview
Name:	Vela class[1]
Builders:	Sudomekh, Admiralty Shipyard
Operators:	Indian Navy
Preceded by:	Kalvari class
Succeeded by:	Sindhughosh class Shishumar class
In commission:	1973–2010[2]
Planned:	4
Completed:	4
Retired:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	1,952 t (1,921 long tons) surfaced 2,475 t (2,436 long tons) submerged
Length:	91.3 m (299 ft 6 in)
Beam:	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Draught:	6 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 depth:	250 m (820 ft)
Complement:	75 (incl 8 officers)
Armament:	10 533mm torpedo tubes with 22 SET-65E/SAET-60 torpedoes 44 mines in lieu of torpedoes

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.[3]

Ships of the class

Name	Pennant	Builder	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Status
INS Vela	S40	Sudomekh	31 August 1973	25 June 2010
INS Vagir	S41	Sudomekh	3 November 1973	7 June 2001
INS Vagli	S42	Sudomekh	10 August 1974	9 December 2010	To be preserved as a museum[4]
INS Vagsheer	S43	Sudomekh	26 December 1974	30 April 1997

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. Bharat-Rakshak.com :: NAVY - Kalvari Class (Foxtrot Class)
3. Jesudasan, Dennis S. (23 July 2017). "Decommissioned submarine languishes in Chennai". The Hindu. The Hindu Group.
4. "Sea Dredging Mooted to Take Sub to Mamallapuram Shores". The New Indian Express. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.

External links

• THE SUBMARINE ARM
• Submarine Arm preamble