Vela-class submarine

A variant of the Foxtrot-class submarine of the Indian Navy
Class overview
Name:	Vela class
Builders:	Sudomekh, Admiralty Shipyard
Operators:	Indian Navy
Preceded by:	Kalvari class
Succeeded by:	Sindhughosh class
In commission:	1973–2010
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 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced 380 mi (610 km) at 10 knots (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.