News: The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu undertook a dived sortie onboard Submarine – INS Vaghsheer on Western Seaboard.
About INS Vaghsheer
- INS Vaghsheer is the sixth and final Kalvari-class (Scorpene-class) diesel-electric attack submarine of the Indian Navy.
- Built by: It was built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai under Project 75 with technology transfer from France’s Naval Group.
- Naming: Vagsheer is named after the sand fish, a deep sea predator of the Indian Ocean.
- Earlier version: The first submarine Vagsheer, from Russia, was commissioned into the Indian Navy on December 26, 1974, and was decommissioned on April 30, 1997.
- Specifications
- Capacity: Vagsheer can take up to eight officers and 35 men.
- Dimensions and speed: It is 67.5 m long and 12.3 m high, with a beam measuring 6.2 m Vagsheer can reach top speed of 20 knots when submerged and a top speed of 11 knots when it surfaces.
- Features
- It is a diesel attack submarine, designed to perform sea denial as well as access denial warfare against the adversary.
- It can do offensive operations across the spectrum of naval warfare including anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, intelligence gathering, mine laying and area surveillance.
- Equipments: It is enabled with a C303 anti-torpedo counter measure It can carry up to 18 torpedoes or Exocet anti-ship missiles, or 30 mines in place of torpedoes.
About Project 75
- P 75 is one of two lines of submarines, the other being P75I, as part of a plan approved in 1999 for indigenous submarine construction with technology taken from overseas firms.
- The contract for six submarines under P75 was given to Mazgaon Dock Limited.
- Under P75, INS Kalvari, INS Khanderi, INS Karanj, INS Vela and INS Vagir have been commissioned.
- INS Vagsheer was officially commissioned into the Indian Navy on 15 January 2025.
