INS Vagsheer (S43)

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History
India
Name: INS Vagsheer
Launched: 27 March 1974
Commissioned: 26 December 1974
Decommissioned: 30 April 1997
Fate: Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type: -class 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 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced
  • 380 mi (610 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
Test depth: 250 m (820 ft)
Complement: 75 (incl 8 officers)
Armament:
  • 10 x 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes with 22 SET-65E/SAET-60 torpedoes
  • 44 mines in lieu of torpedoes

INS Vagsheer (S43) was a -class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy.[1]

References[edit]

  1. "Submarines of Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.