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	{{Short description\|Kalvari-class submarine}}		{{Short description\|Kalvari-class submarine}}
	{{other ships\|INS Vela}}		{{other ships\|INS Vela}}
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=May ~~2022~~}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=May 2019}}
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	\| Ship builder = [[Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited]], [[Mumbai]]		\| Ship builder = [[Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited]], [[Mumbai]]
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	\| Ship launched = 6 May 2019<ref name="vela-launch">{{cite web\|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/ins-vela-indian-navys-4th-scorpene-class-made-in-india-submarine-launched-extensive-trials-planned/1569295/\|title=INS Vela: Indian Navy's 4th Scorpene-class made in India submarine launched\|publisher=Financial Express\|accessdate=6 May ~~2022~~}}</ref>		\| Ship launched = 6 May 2019<ref name="vela-launch">{{cite web\|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/ins-vela-indian-navys-4th-scorpene-class-made-in-india-submarine-launched-extensive-trials-planned/1569295/\|title=INS Vela: Indian Navy's 4th Scorpene-class made in India submarine launched\|publisher=Financial Express\|accessdate=6 May 2019}}</ref>
	\| Ship completed =		\| Ship completed =
	\| Ship acquired = 9 November 2021<ref name="vela-0921"/>		\| Ship acquired = 9 November 2021<ref name="vela-0921"/>
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	\| Ship class = {{sclass\|Kalvari\|submarine\|\|\|~~2022~~}}		\| Ship class = {{sclass\|Kalvari\|submarine\|\|\|2015}}
	\| Ship tonnage =		\| Ship tonnage =
	\| Ship displacement = *'''Surfaced''': {{convert\|1,615\|t\|ST}}		\| Ship displacement = *'''Surfaced''': {{convert\|1,615\|t\|ST}}
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	\| Ship range = *{{convert\|6500\|nmi\|km\|lk=in\|abbr=on}} at {{convert\|8\|kn\|km/h\|abbr=on}} (surfaced)		\| Ship range = *{{convert\|6500\|nmi\|km\|lk=in\|abbr=on}} at {{convert\|8\|kn\|km/h\|abbr=on}} (surfaced)
	*{{convert\|550\|nmi\|km\|abbr=on}} at {{convert\|4\|kn\|km/h\|abbr=on}} (submerged)<ref name="jfs-0506">{{cite book\|editor1-last=Saunders\|editor1-first=Stephen\|editor1-mask=Commodore Stephen Saunders\|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006\|date=2005\|publisher=Jane's Information Group\|location=Coulsdon\|isbn=0710626924\|page=308\|edition=108th\|chapter=India}}</ref>		*{{convert\|550\|nmi\|km\|abbr=on}} at {{convert\|4\|kn\|km/h\|abbr=on}} (submerged)<ref name="jfs-0506">{{cite book\|editor1-last=Saunders\|editor1-first=Stephen\|editor1-mask=Commodore Stephen Saunders\|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006\|date=2005\|publisher=Jane's Information Group\|location=Coulsdon\|isbn=0710626924\|page=308\|edition=108th\|chapter=India}}</ref>
	\| Ship endurance = *50 days<ref>{{cite news\|title=India, France to ink Scorpene deal\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-France-to-ink-Scorpene-deal/articleshow/1244394.cms\|work=The Times of India\|agency=PTI\|date=27 September ~~2022~~}}</ref>		\| Ship endurance = *50 days<ref>{{cite news\|title=India, France to ink Scorpene deal\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-France-to-ink-Scorpene-deal/articleshow/1244394.cms\|work=The Times of India\|agency=PTI\|date=27 September 2005}}</ref>
	\| Ship test depth = {{convert\|350\|m\|ft}} <ref>{{cite web \|url=http://en.dcnsgroup.com/naval/products/scorpene \|title=Scorpene 1000 \|publisher=DCNS \|accessdate=8 April 2015 \|url-status=live \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915164804/http://en.dcnsgroup.com/naval/products/scorpene/ \|archivedate=15 September 2014 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>		\| Ship test depth = {{convert\|350\|m\|ft}} <ref>{{cite web \|url=http://en.dcnsgroup.com/naval/products/scorpene \|title=Scorpene 1000 \|publisher=DCNS \|accessdate=8 April 2015 \|url-status=live \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915164804/http://en.dcnsgroup.com/naval/products/scorpene/ \|archivedate=15 September 2014 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>
	\| Ship complement = *8 officers		\| Ship complement = *8 officers
	*35 sailors<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=174311\|title=Road to development in the 21st century goes through the Indian ocean – Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister\|website=pib.nic.in\|access-date=2017-12-15\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>		*35 sailors<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=174311\|title=Road to development in the 21st century goes through the Indian ocean – Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister\|website=pib.nic.in\|access-date=2017-12-15\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
	\| Ship sensors =		\| Ship sensors =
	\| Ship EW = C303/S anti-torpedo countermeasure system<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Bedi\|first1=Rahul\|title=India launches third Scorpène-class submarine\|url=http://www.janes.com/article/77488/india-launches-third-scorp%E8ne-class-submarine\|work=Jane's Defence Weekly\|date=31 January 2018\|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180205200755/http://www.janes.com/article/77488/india-launches-third-scorp%E8ne-class-submarine\|archivedate=5 February ~~2022~~}}</ref>		\| Ship EW = C303/S anti-torpedo countermeasure system<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Bedi\|first1=Rahul\|title=India launches third Scorpène-class submarine\|url=http://www.janes.com/article/77488/india-launches-third-scorp%E8ne-class-submarine\|work=Jane's Defence Weekly\|date=31 January 2018\|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180205200755/http://www.janes.com/article/77488/india-launches-third-scorp%E8ne-class-submarine\|archivedate=5 February 2018}}</ref>
	\| Ship armament = *6 x {{convert\|533\|mm\|in\|abbr=on\|0}} [[torpedo tube]]s for 18 [[SUT torpedo]]es ''OR''		\| Ship armament = *6 x {{convert\|533\|mm\|in\|abbr=on\|0}} [[torpedo tube]]s for 18 [[SUT torpedo]]es ''OR''
	*SM.39 [[Exocet]] anti-ship missiles		*SM.39 [[Exocet]] anti-ship missiles
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	'''INS ''Vela'' (S24)''' is the fourth [[submarine]] of the first batch of six {{sclass\|Kalvari\|submarine\|1\|\|~~2022~~}}s for the [[Indian Navy]]. It is a [[diesel-electric submarine\|diesel-electric]] [[attack submarine]] based on the {{sclass2\|Scorpène\|submarine\|4}}, designed by French naval defence and energy group [[DCNS (company)\|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,<ref name="Peri" /> and the ship was launched on 6 May 2019.<ref name="vela-launch" /><ref name=":1">{{cite tweet \|author=ANI \|user=ANI \|number=1125273509263888386 \|date=6 May 2019 \|title=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 \|language=en \|access-date=28 November 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613230620/https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1125273509263888386 \|archive-date=13 June 2019 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		'''INS ''Vela'' (S24)''' is the fourth [[submarine]] of the first batch of six {{sclass\|Kalvari\|submarine\|1\|\|2015}}s for the [[Indian Navy]]. It is a [[diesel-electric submarine\|diesel-electric]] [[attack submarine]] based on the {{sclass2\|Scorpène\|submarine\|4}}, designed by French naval defence and energy group [[DCNS (company)\|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,<ref name="Peri" /> and the ship was launched on 6 May 2019.<ref name="vela-launch" /><ref name=":1">{{cite tweet \|author=ANI \|user=ANI \|number=1125273509263888386 \|date=6 May 2019 \|title=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 \|language=en \|access-date=28 November 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613230620/https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1125273509263888386 \|archive-date=13 June 2019 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

	The submarine was delivered to Indian Navy on 9 November 2021,<ref name="vela-0921">{{cite news\|title=MDL delivers 4th Scorpene Submarine 'Vela' to Indian Navy\|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/news/national/mdl-delivers-4th-scorpene-submarine-vela-to-indian-navy-714520}}</ref> and formally commissioned into the service by [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)\|Chief of the Naval Staff]] Admiral [[Karambir Singh]] on 25 November.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite news\|title=Navy commissions submarine INS Vela\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/navy-commissions-submarine-ins-vela/articleshow/87903126.cms}}</ref>		The submarine was delivered to Indian Navy on 9 November 2021,<ref name="vela-0921">{{cite news\|title=MDL delivers 4th Scorpene Submarine 'Vela' to Indian Navy\|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/news/national/mdl-delivers-4th-scorpene-submarine-vela-to-indian-navy-714520}}</ref> and formally commissioned into the service by [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)\|Chief of the Naval Staff]] Admiral [[Karambir Singh]] on 25 November.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite news\|title=Navy commissions submarine INS Vela\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/navy-commissions-submarine-ins-vela/articleshow/87903126.cms}}</ref>

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{{Short description|Kalvari-class submarine}}
{{other ships|INS Vela}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2022}}
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| Ship image = File:INS Vela (S24) during its commissioning ceremony.jpg
| Ship caption =INS ''Vela'' (S24) during its commissioning ceremony
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| Ship country = India
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|India|naval}}
| Ship name = INS ''Vela''
| Ship namesake = {{INS|Vela|S40|3}}
| Ship ordered = 2005
| Ship builder = [[Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited]], [[Mumbai]]
| Ship laid down =
| Ship launched = 6 May 2019<ref name="vela-launch">{{cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/ins-vela-indian-navys-4th-scorpene-class-made-in-india-submarine-launched-extensive-trials-planned/1569295/|title=INS Vela: Indian Navy's 4th Scorpene-class made in India submarine launched|publisher=Financial Express|accessdate=6 May 2022}}</ref>
| Ship completed =
| Ship acquired = 9 November 2021<ref name="vela-0921"/>
| Ship commissioned = 25 November 2021 <ref>{{cite tweet |author=NewsX |author-link=NewsX |user=NewsX |number=1463725770799337477 |date=24 November 2021 |title=#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 |language=en |access-date=28 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125214750/https://twitter.com/NewsX/status/1463725770799337477 |archive-date=25 November 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| Ship decommissioned =
| Ship out of service =
| Ship struck =
| Ship reinstated =
| Ship identification = [[Pennant number]]: S24
| Ship motto = Vigilant, Valiant, Victorious
| Ship nickname =
| Ship fate =
| Ship status = In Service <ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite news|title=Navy commissions submarine INS Vela|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/navy-commissions-submarine-ins-vela/articleshow/87903126.cms}}</ref>
| Ship badge= [[File:Crest of INS Vela (S24).jpg|150px]]
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Kalvari|submarine|||2022}}
| Ship tonnage =
| Ship displacement = *'''Surfaced''': {{convert|1,615|t|ST}}
*'''Submerged''': {{convert|1,775|t|ST}}<ref name="jdw-14dec17">{{cite web|last1=Bedi|first1=Rahul|title=Indian Navy commissions first licence-built Scorpène-class submarine|url=http://www.janes.com/article/76404/indian-navy-commissions-first-licence-built-scorp%E8ne-class-submarine|work=Jane's Defence Weekly|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20171228134046/http://www.janes.com/article/76404/indian-navy-commissions-first-licence-built-scorp%E8ne-class-submarine|archivedate=28 December 2017|url-status=live|date=14 December 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| Ship length = {{convert|67.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="pib-13dec17">{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=174299|title=Curtain Raiser : Kalvari to be Commissioned Tomorrow at Mumbai|date=13 December 2017|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-12-13|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| Ship beam = {{convert|6.2|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="jdw-7jun17">{{Cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/71202/india-s-second-scorp%E8ne-submarine-begins-sea-trials|title=India's second Scorpène submarine begins sea trials|last=Rahmat|first=Ridzwan|date=7 June 2017|work=Jane's Defence Weekly|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171228134807/http://www.janes.com/article/71202/india-s-second-scorp%E8ne-submarine-begins-sea-trials|archive-date=28 December 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| Ship height = {{convert|12.3|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="pib-13dec17"/>
| Ship draught = {{convert|5.8|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="jdw-7jun17"/>
| Ship propulsion = *4 x MTU 12V 396 SE84 diesel engines<ref name="jdw-7jun17"/>
*360 x battery cells<ref name="pib-13dec17"/>
* [[Defence Research and Development Organisation|DRDO]] [[Phosphoric acid fuel cell|PAFC Fuel Cell]] AIP (To be added in mid-life refit)
| Ship speed = *'''Surfaced''': {{convert|11|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}
*'''Submerged''': {{convert|20|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}<ref name="jdw-7jun17"/>
| Ship range = *{{convert|6500|nmi|km|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|8|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} (surfaced)
*{{convert|550|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|4|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} (submerged)<ref name="jfs-0506">{{cite book|editor1-last=Saunders|editor1-first=Stephen|editor1-mask=Commodore Stephen Saunders|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006|date=2005|publisher=Jane's Information Group|location=Coulsdon|isbn=0710626924|page=308|edition=108th|chapter=India}}</ref>
| Ship endurance = *50 days<ref>{{cite news|title=India, France to ink Scorpene deal|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-France-to-ink-Scorpene-deal/articleshow/1244394.cms|work=The Times of India|agency=PTI|date=27 September 2022}}</ref>
| Ship test depth = {{convert|350|m|ft}} <ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.dcnsgroup.com/naval/products/scorpene |title=Scorpene 1000 |publisher=DCNS |accessdate=8 April 2015 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915164804/http://en.dcnsgroup.com/naval/products/scorpene/ |archivedate=15 September 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| Ship complement = *8 officers
*35 sailors<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=174311|title=Road to development in the 21st century goes through the Indian ocean – Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-12-15|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| Ship sensors =
| Ship EW = C303/S anti-torpedo countermeasure system<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bedi|first1=Rahul|title=India launches third Scorpène-class submarine|url=http://www.janes.com/article/77488/india-launches-third-scorp%E8ne-class-submarine|work=Jane's Defence Weekly|date=31 January 2018|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180205200755/http://www.janes.com/article/77488/india-launches-third-scorp%E8ne-class-submarine|archivedate=5 February 2022}}</ref>
| Ship armament = *6 x {{convert|533|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} [[torpedo tube]]s for 18 [[SUT torpedo]]es ''OR''
*SM.39 [[Exocet]] anti-ship missiles
*30 [[Naval mine|mines]] in place of torpedoes<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Bonsignore|first=Luca|volume=26|issue=1|year=2005|page=135|title="Carrera": The first real Spanish export-submarine floated|quote=18 torpedoes and missiles can be carried otherwise 30 mines.|magazine=Naval Forces|location=Aldershot|publisher=Monch Publications|issn=0722-8880}}</ref><ref name="jdw-22sep17">{{Cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/74325/mdl-delivers-first-of-six-scorp%E8ne-class-submarines-to-indian-navy|title=MDL delivers first of six Scorpène-class submarines to Indian Navy|last=Dominguez|first=Gabriel|date=22 September 2017|work=Jane's Defence Weekly|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171228135036/http://www.janes.com/article/74325/mdl-delivers-first-of-six-scorp%E8ne-class-submarines-to-indian-navy|archive-date=28 December 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| Ship armour =
| Ship notes =
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'''INS ''Vela'' (S24)''' is the fourth [[submarine]] of the first batch of six {{sclass|Kalvari|submarine|1||2022}}s for the [[Indian Navy]]. It is a [[diesel-electric submarine|diesel-electric]] [[attack submarine]] based on the {{sclass2|Scorpène|submarine|4}}, designed by French naval defence and energy group [[DCNS (company)|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,<ref name="Peri" /> and the ship was launched on 6 May 2019.<ref name="vela-launch" /><ref name=":1">{{cite tweet |author=ANI |user=ANI |number=1125273509263888386 |date=6 May 2019 |title=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 |language=en |access-date=28 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613230620/https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1125273509263888386 |archive-date=13 June 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The submarine was delivered to Indian Navy on 9 November 2021,<ref name="vela-0921">{{cite news|title=MDL delivers 4th Scorpene Submarine 'Vela' to Indian Navy|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/news/national/mdl-delivers-4th-scorpene-submarine-vela-to-indian-navy-714520}}</ref> and formally commissioned into the service by [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]] Admiral [[Karambir Singh]] on 25 November.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite news|title=Navy commissions submarine INS Vela|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/navy-commissions-submarine-ins-vela/articleshow/87903126.cms}}</ref>

The submarine inherits its name from [[INS Vela (S40)|INS ''Vela'' (S40)]] which served in the Navy from 1973–2010, and was the lead ship of the [[Vela-class submarine|Vela-class]]. The crew of the INS ''Vela'' (S40) was present at the commissioning ceremony of the INS ''Vela'' (S24).<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2021-11-25|title=Submarine INS Vela commissioned; Navy chief calls it 'potent platform'|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/submarine-ins-vela-commissioned-navy-chief-calls-it-potent-platform-121112500781_1.html|access-date=2021-11-26}}</ref> ''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.<ref name = "Siddiqui">{{Cite web|first=Huma|last=Siddiqui|date=2021-11-25|title=Indian Navy gets new deadly submarine! INS Vela gets commissioned|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/indian-navy-gets-new-deadly-submarine-ins-vela-gets-commissioned/2375891/|access-date=2021-11-25|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref> The submarine's crest depicts the stingray swimming across the blue seas.<ref name="Peri" /> The ship's mascot is a sub-ray, a portmanteau of submarine and stingray.<ref name="Siddiqui" /> The mascot symbolises the "[[metamorphosis]] of the submarine’s character with the qualities of a stingray".<ref name = "Peri">{{Cite news|last=Peri|first=Dinakar|date=2021-11-25|title=Fourth Scorpene class submarine INS Vela joins Navy|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/navy-commissions-submarine-ins-vela/article37677238.ece|access-date=2021-11-26|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of submarines of the Indian Navy]]
* [[List of active Indian Navy ships]]

==References==
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