India-class submarine

An India class submarine carrying two DSRVs in 1983 An India-class submarine carrying two DSRVs in 1985
Class overview
Operators	Soviet Navy
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Submarine
Displacement	3,900 long tons (3,963 t) surfaced 4,800–6,840 long tons (4,877–6,950 t) submerged
Length	106 m (347 ft 9 in)
Beam	9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
Draught	10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric, twin screws
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × India-class DSRVs
Complement	94 (including 17 officers, 21 divers, 8 DSRV pilots)

The Project 940 Lenok class (a type of salmon) (known in the West by its NATO reporting name India class) was a military submarine design of the Soviet Union. Two vessels of this class were built for the Soviet Navy; both were scrapped in the 2000s. The submarines of this class were designed to function as mother ships for two India-class deep-submergence rescue vehicles (DSRVs), and had decompression chambers and medical facilities on board. While India-class boats were seen going to the aid of Russian submarines involved in incidents, they had also been observed working in support of Russian Spetsnaz operations.

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Artist's concept of an India-class submarine deploying a deep submergence rescue vehicle to assist a November-class submarine

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Shadowgraph of an India-class submarine with two DSRVs

Units

#	Name	Image	Building number	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fleet	Status
BS-486	BS-486 (ex-Komsomolets Uzbekistana)	File:India class.jpg BS-486	194	22 February 1974	7 September 1975	30 December 1980	Pacific	Decommissioned 1995, scrapped in 2000
BS-257	BS-257	File:Soviet India class submarine.JPEG BS-257	195	23 February 1978	27 May 1979	1 September 1979	Northern	Decommissioned 1996, scrapped in 2005

Bibliography

• Friedman, Norman (1995). "Soviet Union 1947–1991: Russian Federation and Successor States 1991–". In Chumbley, Stephen (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 337–426. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
• Pavlov, A. S. (1997). Warships of the USSR and Russia 1945–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-671-X.
• Polmar, Norman & Moore, Kenneth J. (2004). Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines. Washington, D. C.: Potomac Books. ISBN 978-1-57488-594-1.
• Polmar, Norman & Noot, Jurrien (1991). Submarines of the Russian and Soviet Navies, 1718–1990. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-570-1.

External links

• Николаев А. С. (2002–2016). "Проект 940 "Ленок" (NATO – "India")". deepstorm.ru (in русский). Retrieved 2020-04-05.