INS Vela (S24)
![]() INS Vela (S24) during its commissioning ceremony
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Name | INS Vela |
Namesake | Vela (S40) |
Ordered | 2005 |
Builder | Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai |
Launched | 6 May 2019[1] |
Acquired | 9 November 2021[2] |
Commissioned | 25 November 2021 [3] |
Identification | Pennant number: S24 |
Motto | Vigilant, Valiant, Victorious |
Status | In Service [4] |
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Class and type | Kalvari-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 67.5 m (221 ft)[6] |
Beam | 6.2 m (20 ft)[5] |
Height | 12.3 m (40 ft)[6] |
Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft)[5] |
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Range | |
Endurance | 50 days[10] |
Test depth | 350 metres (1,150 ft) [11] |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | C303/S anti-torpedo countermeasure system[14] |
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INS Vela (S24) is the fourth submarine of the first batch of six Kalvari-class submarines for the Indian Navy. It is a diesel-electric attack submarine based on the Scorpène class, designed by French naval defence and energy group DCNS and manufactured by Mazagon Dock Limited, an Indian shipyard in Mumbai. The first cutting of steel for the submarine began on 14 July 2009,[15] and the ship was launched on 6 May 2019.[1][16]
The submarine was delivered to Indian Navy on 9 November 2021,[2] and formally commissioned into the service by Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh on 25 November.[4]
The submarine inherits its name from INS Vela (S40) which served in the Navy from 1973–2010, and was the lead ship of the Vela-class. The crew of the INS Vela (S40) was present at the commissioning ceremony of the INS Vela (S24).[17] Vela is the name of an Indian fish from the stingray species known for its aggression and offensive power, and the ability to camouflage itself from predators.[18] The submarine's crest depicts the stingray swimming across the blue seas.[15] The ship's mascot is a sub-ray, a portmanteau of submarine and stingray.[18] The mascot symbolises the "metamorphosis of the submarine’s character with the qualities of a stingray".[15]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "INS Vela: Indian Navy's 4th Scorpene-class made in India submarine launched". Financial Express. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ a b "MDL delivers 4th Scorpene Submarine 'Vela' to Indian Navy".
- ^ NewsX [@NewsX] (24 November 2021). "#BreakingNews | INS Vela, the fourth Scorpene-class submarine, commissioned into the Indian Navy, in the presence of Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh, at the naval dockyard in Mumbai. (Image Credit: ANI) https://t.co/N4T00FLkBC" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "Navy commissions submarine INS Vela".
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "Curtain Raiser : Kalvari to be Commissioned Tomorrow at Mumbai". pib.nic.in. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ Commodore Stephen Saunders, ed. (2005). "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006 (108th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. p. 308. ISBN 0710626924.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Road to development in the 21st century goes through the Indian ocean – Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "India, France to ink Scorpene deal". The Times of India. PTI. 27 September 2005.
- ^ "Scorpene 1000". DCNS. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bedi, Rahul (31 January 2018). "India launches third Scorpène-class submarine". Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018.
- ^ a b c Peri, Dinakar (25 November 2021). "Fourth Scorpene class submarine INS Vela joins Navy". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ ANI [@ANI] (6 May 2019). "Indian Navy's fourth stealth Scorpene class Submarine Vela of Project 75 has been launched today at the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in Mumbai. https://t.co/FfMoiJrYDg" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 13 June 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Submarine INS Vela commissioned; Navy chief calls it 'potent platform'". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ a b Siddiqui, Huma (25 November 2021). "Indian Navy gets new deadly submarine! INS Vela gets commissioned". The Financial Express. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
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