INS Vela (S40) | |
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Career | ![]() |
Name: | INS Vela |
Commissioned: | 31 August 1973 |
Decommissioned: | 25 June 2010 |
Fate: | Museum ship in Tamil Nadu |
General characteristics | |
Class & 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]
References[]
- ↑ http://indiannavy.nic.in/sub_vela.htm
- ↑ http://www.deccanchronicle.com/visakhapatnam/ins-vela-decommissioned-363
- ↑ http://expressbuzz.com/nation/navy-to-decommission-40-year-old-submarines/183829.html
- ↑ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-22/india/28379702_1_submarine-indian-navy-new-avatar
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