Major General James G. Blunt

Vela-class submarines of the Indian Navy were variants of the later Soviet Foxtrot-class submarines. The last of the class was decommissioned from the Indian Navy in December 2010.

INS Vagli is planned to be preserved as a museum in Tamil Nadu, though the process has been plagued with issues and is currently on hold.^[3]

Ships of the class

Name	Pennant	Builder	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Status
INS Vela	S40	Sudomekh	31 August 1973	25 June 2010
INS Vagir	S41	Sudomekh	3 November 1973	7 June 2001
INS Vagli	S42	Sudomekh	10 August 1974	9 December 2010	To be preserved as a museum^[4]
INS Vagsheer	S43	Sudomekh	26 December 1974	30 April 1997

^ Bharat-Rakshak.com :: NAVY - Kalvari Class (Foxtrot Class)
^ "Submarines of Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
^ Jesudasan, Dennis S. (23 July 2017). "Decommissioned submarine languishes in Chennai". The Hindu. The Hindu Group.
^ "Sea Dredging Mooted to Take Sub to Mamallapuram Shores". The New Indian Express. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.