INS Vela (S24)

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For other ships with the same name, see INS Vela.
INS Vela during its launch ceremony
History
India
NameINS Vela
NamesakeVela (S40)
Ordered2005
BuilderMazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai
Launched6 May 2019[1]
StatusSea trials
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
Displacement
  • Surfaced: 1,615 tonnes (1,780 short tons)
  • Submerged: 1,775 tonnes (1,957 short tons)[5]
Length67.5 m (221 ft)[3]
Beam6.2 m (20 ft)[2]
Height12.3 m (40 ft)[3]
Draught5.8 m (19 ft)[2]
Propulsion
  • 4 x MTU 12V 396 SE84 diesel engines[2]
  • 360 x battery cells[3]
Speed
  • Surfaced: 11 kn (20 km/h)
  • Submerged: 20 kn (37 km/h)[2]
Range
  • 6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h) (surfaced)
  • 550 nmi (1,020 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) (submerged)[4]
Endurance50 days[7]
Test depth350 metres (1,150 ft) [8]
Complement
  • 8 officers
  • 35 sailors[6]
Electronic warfare
& decoys		C303/S anti-torpedo countermeasure system[11]
Armament

INS Vela (2019) is the fourth submarine of the first batch of six Template:Sclass-s for the Indian Navy. It is a diesel-electric attack submarine based on the Template:Sclass2-, designed by French naval defence and energy group DCNS and manufactured by Mazagon Dock Limited, an Indian shipyard in Mumbai.The ship was launched on 6 May 2019.[1][12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "INS Vela: Indian Navy's 4th Scorpene-class made in India submarine launched". Financial Express. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Rahmat, Ridzwan (7 June 2017). "India's second Scorpène submarine begins sea trials". Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Curtain Raiser : Kalvari to be Commissioned Tomorrow at Mumbai". pib.nic.in. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. ^ Commodore Stephen Saunders, ed. (2005). "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006 (108th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. p. 308. ISBN 0710626924.
  5. ^ Bedi, Rahul (14 December 2017). "Indian Navy commissions first licence-built Scorpène-class submarine". Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Road to development in the 21st century goes through the Indian ocean – Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  7. ^ "India, France to ink Scorpene deal". The Times of India. PTI. 27 September 2005.
  8. ^ "Scorpene 1000". DCNS. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  9. ^ Bonsignore, Luca (2005). ""Carrera": The first real Spanish export-submarine floated". Naval Forces. Vol. 26, no. 1. Aldershot: Monch Publications. p. 135. ISSN 0722-8880. 18 torpedoes and missiles can be carried otherwise 30 mines.
  10. ^ Dominguez, Gabriel (22 September 2017). "MDL delivers first of six Scorpène-class submarines to Indian Navy". Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017.
  11. ^ Bedi, Rahul (31 January 2018). "India launches third Scorpène-class submarine". Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 2 February 2018.
  12. ^ @ANI (6 May 2019). "Launch of submarine Vela" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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