Vela (S40) submarine

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Vela (S40) submarine

Post by john sefton » Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:08 pm

INS Vela (S40) was the lead ship of her class of diesel-electric submarines of the Indian Navy. She was on active service between 1973-2010.
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

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