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VagirLaunch of Vagir at Mazgaon Docks.
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Vagir submarine during its maiden sea trials.
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Vagir (S25) during its maiden sea trials
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Vagir (S25) submarine during its maiden sea sortie.
INS Vagir (S25) is the fifth 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 Naval Group and manufactured by Mazagon Dock Limited, an Indian shipyard in Mumbai, Maharashtra.[13]
Vagir during its sea sortie.
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History | |
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Name | INS Vagir |
Namesake | Vagir (S41) |
Ordered | 2005 |
Builder | Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai |
Launched | 12 November 2020[1] |
Acquired | 20 December 2022 |
Commissioned | 23 January 2023[2] |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kalvari-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 67.5 m (221 ft 5 in)[4] |
Beam | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)[3] |
Height | 12.3 m (40 ft 4 in)[4] |
Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)[3] |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | |
Endurance | 50 days[8] |
Test depth | 350 metres (1,150 ft) [9] |
Complement |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | C303/S anti-torpedo countermeasure system[12] |
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The ship was launched on 12 November 2020.[14][1][15]
The submarine inherits its name from INS Vagir (S41) which served in the Navy from 1973–2001, and was named after a species of sandfish.[16][17]
Vagir, the fifth submarine in the Kalvari -class, started its maiden sea trials on 2 February 2022. The ship was commissioned on 23 January 2023.[18]
Vagir was deployed on an extended patrol in the Indian Ocean, and it first reached the Sri Lankan port of Colombo on 19 June 2023. Later it covered nearly 7000 kilometres to reach Fremantle, Australia on 20 August 2023.[19][20] This is the first time an Indian Scorpene submarine was on such a long deployment.[21]
18 torpedoes and missiles can be carried otherwise 30 mines.