INS Vela (S40)

History

India
Name:	INS Vela
Commissioned:	31 August 1973
Decommissioned:	25 June 2010
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 x 533 mm (21 in) 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]

References

↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 19, 2009. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 28, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
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Commissioned

Nuclear-powered

Chakra (Akula II) class	Chakra (S71)

Conventionally-powered
(Diesel-electric)

Sindhughosh class	Sindhughosh Sindhudhvaj Sindhuraj Sindhuvir Sindhuratna Sindhukesari Sindhukirti Sindhuvijay Sindhurashtra

Shishumar class	Shishumar Shankush Shalki Shankul

Future submarines

Nuclear-powered

Arihant class	Arihant Aridhaman

Conventionally-powered
(Diesel-electric)

Kalvari class	Kalvari (S50) Khanderi (S51) S52 S53 S54 S55

Decommissioned

Nuclear-powered

Charlie class	Chakra (K43)

Conventionally-powered
(Diesel-electric)

Kalvari class	Kalvari (S23) Khanderi (S22) Karanj Kursura

Vela class	Vela Vagir Vagli Vagsheer

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