INS Vagir (2020)

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Inauguration of INS Vagir (2020) at Mazgaon Docks.jpg
INS Vagir launch ceremony.
History
India
Name: INS Vagir
Namesake: Vagir (S41)
Ordered: 2005
Builder: Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai
Launched: 12 November 2020[1]
Status: Sea trials
General characteristics
Class and type: -class submarine
Displacement:
  • Surfaced: 1,615 tonnes (1,780 short tons)
  • Submerged: 1,775 tonnes (1,957 short tons)[2]
Length: 67.5 m (221 ft)[3]
Beam: 6.2 m (20 ft)[4]
Height: 12.3 m (40 ft)[3]
Draught: 5.8 m (19 ft)[4]
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • Surfaced: 11 kn (20 km/h)
  • Submerged: 20 kn (37 km/h)[4]
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)[5]
Endurance: 50 days[6]
Test depth: 350 metres (1,150 ft) [7]
Complement:
  • 8 officers
  • 35 sailors[8]
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
C303/S anti-torpedo countermeasure system[9]
Armament:

INS Vagir (2020) is the fifth submarine of the first batch of six -class submarines for the Indian Navy. It is a diesel-electric attack submarine based on the class, designed by French naval defence and energy group Naval Group and manufactured by Mazagon Dock Limited, an Indian shipyard in Mumbai, Maharashtra.[12]

The ship was launched on 12 November 2020.[13][1] INS Vagir is expected to be commissioned in 2022.[14][15]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Indian Navy gets fifth Scorpene-class submarine 'INS Vagir'". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Curtain Raiser : Kalvari to be Commissioned Tomorrow at Mumbai". pib.nic.in. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 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.
  5. Commodore Stephen Saunders, ed. (2005). "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006 (108th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. p. 308. ISBN 0710626924.
  6. "India, France to ink Scorpene deal". The Times of India. PTI. 27 September 2005.
  7. "Scorpene 1000". DCNS. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  8. "Road to development in the 21st century goes through the Indian ocean – Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  9. Bedi, Rahul (31 January 2018). "India launches third Scorpène-class submarine". Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. "Fifth-generation Indian Navy Scorpene 'Vagir' put to trial, know why it is so special". DNA India. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  13. Desk, India com News (12 November 2020). "Indian Navy's Fifth Scorpene-Class Submarine INS Vagir Launched". India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News | India.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  14. World, Republic. "MOS Shripad Naik launches 5th scorpene-class submarine 'INS Vagir' from Mazagon dock". Republic World. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  15. "Indian Navy's fifth Scorpene class submarine Vagir launched at Mazagon Dock". New Indian Express. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
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