INS Vagir (S41)

For other ships with the same name, see INS Vagir.

History
India
Name	INS Vagir
Namesake	Vagir (Sandfish)
Builder	Sudomekh, Admiralty Shipyard
Launched	7 July 1972
Commissioned	3 November 1973
Decommissioned	7 June 2001
Fate	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type	Vela-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 Vagir (S41) was a Vela-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy.^[1]

Vagir was named after a species of sandfish.^[2][3]

References

1. "Submarines of Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
2. "Explained: India's Kalvari class of submarines, and its strategic significance". The Indian Express. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
3. "Indian Navy's Scorpene class submarine Vagir with superior stealth features launched - Scorpene-class submarine". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 November 2021.