INS Vagir (S25)

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

INS Vagir (S25) (lit. 'Sandfish') 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
History
India
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]
Homeport	INS Vajrabahu, Mumbai
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class & type	Kalvari-class submarine
Displacement	Surfaced: 1,615 tonnes (1,589 long tons) Submerged: 1,775 tonnes (1,747 long tons)[3]
Length	67.5 m (221 ft 5 in)[4]
Beam	6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)[5]
Height	12.3 m (40 ft 4 in)[4]
Draught	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)[5]
Propulsion	4 x MTU 12V 396 SE84 diesel engines[5] 360 x battery cells[4] DRDO PAFC Fuel Cell AIP (to be added in mid-life refit)
Speed	Surfaced: 11 kn (20 km/h) Submerged: 20 kn (37 km/h)[5]
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)[6]
Endurance	50 days[7]
Test depth	350 metres (1,150 ft) [8]
Complement	8 officers 35 sailors[9]
Electronic warfare & decoys	C303/S anti-torpedo countermeasure system[10]
Armament	6 x 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes for 18 SUT torpedoes OR SM.39 Exocet anti-ship missiles 30 mines in place of torpedoes[11][12]

History and construction

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 to 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]

Service history

Vagir was deployed on an extended patrol in the Indian Ocean. It first reached the Sri Lankan Port of Colombo on 19 June 2023 for a formal visit and departed the island on 22 June 2024.^[19] Later it covered nearly 7000 kilometres to reach Fremantle, Australia on 20 August 2023.^[20][21] This is the first time an Indian Scorpene submarine was on such a long deployment.^[22]

Gallery

• Vagir
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  Launch 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

See also

• List of submarines of the Indian Navy
• List of active Indian Navy ships