| Career | Indian Navy |
|---|---|
| Name: | INS Vela |
| Commissioned: | 31 August, 1973 |
| Decommissioned: | 25 June, 2010 |
| Fate: | Museum ship in Tamil Nadu |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Vela class 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 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced 380 mi (610 km) at 10 kn (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 Vela (S40) was the lead ship of her class of diesel-electric submarines of the Indian Navy.[1] She was on active service between 1973-2010.[2] [3]
INS Vela will be preserved as a museum ship in Tamil Nadu.[4]
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