Vela-class submarine

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| Ship image = File:Foxtrot-class submarine of the Indian Navy.jpg

| Ship caption = A variant of the Foxtrot-class submarine of the Indian Navy

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{{Infobox ship class overview

| Name = Vela class{{Cite web |url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/sub_vela.htm |title=Submarines of Indian Navy |access-date=2009-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619071238/http://indiannavy.nic.in/sub_vela.htm |archive-date=2009-06-19 |url-status=dead }}

| Builders = Sudomekh, Admiralty Shipyard

| Operators = {{navy|India}}

| Class before = {{sclass|Kalvari|submarine (1967)|4}}

| Class after = *{{sclass|Sindhughosh|submarine|4}}

• {{sclass|Shishumar|submarine|4}}

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| Cost =

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| In service range =

| In commission range = 1973–2010[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Submarines/Past/92-Kavari-Class.html Bharat-Rakshak.com :: NAVY - Kalvari Class (Foxtrot Class)]

| Total ships building =

| Total ships planned = 4

| Total ships completed = 4

| Total ships cancelled =

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| Total ships laid up =

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| Total ships retired = 4

| Total ships preserved =

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{{Infobox ship characteristics

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| Ship type = Submarine

| Ship displacement = *{{convert|1952|t|LT|0|lk=out|abbr=on}} surfaced

• {{convert|2475|t|LT|0|abbr=on}} submerged

| Ship length = {{convert|91.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship beam = {{convert|7.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship draught = {{convert|6|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship propulsion =

| Ship speed = *{{convert|16|kn|lk=in}} surfaced

• {{convert|15|kn}} submerged

| Ship range = *{{convert|20000|mi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|8|kn}} surfaced

• {{convert|380|mi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn}} submerged

| Ship test depth = {{convert|250|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Ship complement = 75 (incl 8 officers)

| Ship sensors = Panchendriya sonar

| Ship EW =

| Ship armament = *10 533mm torpedo tubes with 22 SET-65E/SAET-60 torpedoes

• 44 mines in lieu of torpedoes

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