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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{other ships|INS Vagir (S41)}}
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| Ship image = File:Inauguration of INS Vagir (2020) at Mazgaon Docks.jpg
| Ship caption = INS ''Vagir'' launch ceremony.
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| Ship country = India
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|India|naval}}
| Ship name = INS ''Vagir''
| Ship namesake = {{INS|Vagir|S41|3}}
| Ship ordered = 2005
| Ship builder = [[Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited]], [[Mumbai]]
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| Ship launched = 12 November 2020<ref name="vagir_launch"/>
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| Ship status = Sea trials
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| Ship class = {{sclass-|Kalvari|submarine|||2015}}
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| Ship displacement = *'''Surfaced''': {{convert|1,615|t|ST}}
*'''Submerged''': {{convert|1,775|t|ST}}<ref name="jdw-14dec17">{{cite web|last1=Bedi|first1=Rahul|title=Indian Navy commissions first licence-built Scorpène-class submarine|url=http://www.janes.com/article/76404/indian-navy-commissions-first-licence-built-scorp%E8ne-class-submarine|work=Jane's Defence Weekly|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171228134046/http://www.janes.com/article/76404/indian-navy-commissions-first-licence-built-scorp%E8ne-class-submarine|archive-date=28 December 2017|url-status=live|date=14 December 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| Ship length = {{convert|67.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="pib-13dec17">{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=174299|title=Curtain Raiser : Kalvari to be Commissioned Tomorrow at Mumbai|date=13 December 2017|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-12-13|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| Ship beam = {{convert|6.2|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="jdw-7jun17">{{Cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/71202/india-s-second-scorp%E8ne-submarine-begins-sea-trials|title=India's second Scorpène submarine begins sea trials|last=Rahmat|first=Ridzwan|date=7 June 2017|work=Jane's Defence Weekly|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171228134807/http://www.janes.com/article/71202/india-s-second-scorp%E8ne-submarine-begins-sea-trials|archive-date=28 December 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| Ship height = {{convert|12.3|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="pib-13dec17"/>
| Ship draught = {{convert|5.8|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="jdw-7jun17"/>
| Ship propulsion = *4 x MTU 12V 396 SE84 diesel engines<ref name="jdw-7jun17"/>
*360 x battery cells<ref name="pib-13dec17"/>
* [[Defence Research and Development Organisation|DRDO]] [[Phosphoric acid fuel cell|PAFC Fuel Cell]] AIP (To be added in mid-life refit)
| Ship speed = *'''Surfaced''': {{convert|11|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}
*'''Submerged''': {{convert|20|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}<ref name="jdw-7jun17"/>
| Ship range = *{{convert|6500|nmi|km|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|8|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} (surfaced)
*{{convert|550|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|4|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} (submerged)<ref name="jfs-0506">{{cite book|editor1-last=Saunders|editor1-first=Stephen|editor1-mask=Commodore Stephen Saunders|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006|date=2005|publisher=Jane's Information Group|location=Coulsdon|isbn=0710626924|page=308|edition=108th|chapter=India}}</ref>
| Ship endurance = *50 days<ref>{{cite news|title=India, France to ink Scorpene deal|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-France-to-ink-Scorpene-deal/articleshow/1244394.cms|work=The Times of India|agency=PTI|date=27 September 2005}}</ref>
| Ship test depth = {{convert|350|m|ft}} <ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.dcnsgroup.com/naval/products/scorpene |title=Scorpene 1000 |publisher=DCNS |access-date=8 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915164804/http://en.dcnsgroup.com/naval/products/scorpene/ |archive-date=15 September 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| Ship complement = *8 officers
*35 sailors<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=174311|title=Road to development in the 21st century goes through the Indian ocean – Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-12-15|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| Ship sensors =
| Ship EW = C303/S anti-torpedo countermeasure system<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bedi|first1=Rahul|title=India launches third Scorpène-class submarine|url=http://www.janes.com/article/77488/india-launches-third-scorp%E8ne-class-submarine|work=Jane's Defence Weekly|date=31 January 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180205200755/http://www.janes.com/article/77488/india-launches-third-scorp%E8ne-class-submarine|archive-date=5 February 2018}}</ref>
| Ship armament = *6 x {{convert|533|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} [[torpedo tube]]s for 18 SUT torpedoes ''OR''
*SM.39 [[Exocet]] anti-ship missiles
*30 [[Naval mine|mines]] in place of torpedoes<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Bonsignore|first=Luca|volume=26|issue=1|year=2005|page=135|title="Carrera": The first real Spanish export-submarine floated|quote=18 torpedoes and missiles can be carried otherwise 30 mines.|magazine=Naval Forces|location=Aldershot|publisher=Monch Publications|issn=07228880}}</ref><ref name="jdw-22sep17">{{Cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/74325/mdl-delivers-first-of-six-scorp%E8ne-class-submarines-to-indian-navy|title=MDL delivers first of six Scorpène-class submarines to Indian Navy|last=Dominguez|first=Gabriel|date=22 September 2017|work=Jane's Defence Weekly|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171228135036/http://www.janes.com/article/74325/mdl-delivers-first-of-six-scorp%E8ne-class-submarines-to-indian-navy|archive-date=28 December 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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'''INS ''Vagir'' (2020)''' is the fifth [[submarine]] of the first batch of six {{sclass-|Kalvari|submarine|1||2015}}s for the [[Indian Navy]]. It is a [[diesel-electric submarine|diesel-electric]] [[attack submarine]] based on the {{sclass2-|Scorpène|submarine|4}}, designed by French naval defence and energy group [[Naval Group]] and manufactured by [[Mazagon Dock Limited]], an Indian shipyard in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-12|title=Fifth-generation Indian Navy Scorpene 'Vagir' put to trial, know why it is so special|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-fifth-generation-indian-navy-scorpene-vagir-put-to-trial-know-why-it-is-so-special-2856101|access-date=2020-11-12|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref>

The ship was launched on 12 November 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=India com News|date=2020-11-12|title=Indian Navy's Fifth Scorpene-Class Submarine INS Vagir Launched|url=https://www.india.com/news/india/scorpene-class-submarine-ins-vagir-launched-4208068/|access-date=2020-11-12|website=India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News {{!}} India.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name="vagir_launch">{{Cite web|title=Indian Navy gets fifth Scorpene-class submarine 'INS Vagir'|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/indian-navy-gets-fifth-scorpene-class-submarine-ins-vagir/680844|access-date=2020-11-12|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en}}</ref> INS ''Vagir'' is expected to be commissioned in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|last=World|first=Republic|title=MOS Shripad Naik launches 5th scorpene-class submarine 'INS Vagir' from Mazagon dock|url=https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/general-news/mos-shripad-naik-launches-5th-scorpene-class-submarine-ins-vagir-from-mazagon-dock.html|access-date=2020-11-12|website=Republic World}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Navy's fifth Scorpene class submarine Vagir launched at Mazagon Dock |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/nov/12/indian-navys-fifth-scorpene-class-submarine-vagir-launchedatmazagon-dock-2222790.html |website=New Indian Express |access-date=12 November 2020 |language=en-IN |date=12 November 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of submarines of the Indian Navy]]
*[[List of active Indian Navy ships]]

==References==
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{{Submarines of Indian Navy}}

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>Dharmadhyaksha at 12:33, 9 July 2021