Vela-class submarine

Class overview
Name: Vela class[1]
Builders: Sudomekh, Admiralty Shipyard
Operators:  Indian Navy
Preceded by: Kalvari class
Succeeded by: Sindhughosh 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 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

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 lead vessel, INS Vela, will be preserved as a museum in Tamil Nadu.[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. ↑ http://indiannavy.nic.in/sub_vela.htm
  2. ↑ Bharat-Rakshak.com :: NAVY - Kalvari Class (Foxtrot Class)
  3. ↑ After serving Indian Navy for 37 yrs, submarine rises from deep to woo tourists - Times Of India
  4. ↑ "Sea Dredging Mooted to Take Sub to Mamallapuram Shores". The New Indian Express. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.

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