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'''INS ''Vela'' (S40)''' was the [[lead ship]] of four [[diesel-electric submarine|diesel-electric]] [[Vela-class submarine]]s of the [[Indian Navy]]. The submarine was commissioned on 31 August 1973 in [[Riga]], [[Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic|Latvian SSR]]. Along with her sister ship [[INS Vagli (S42)|''Vagli'']], she spent almost 10 years undergoing a protracted refit by [[Hindustan Shipyard]].<ref name="indiatoday2008">{{cite news|last1=Unnithan|first1=Sandeep|title=Navy's sub induction plan suffers blow|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/web-exclusive/story/navy-s-sub-induction-plan-suffers-blow-33547-2008-11-17|work=India Today|date=17 November 2008}}</ref> After 37 years of service, the submarine was decommissioned on 25 June 2010. The submarine was claimed by the [[Eastern Naval Command]] to be the oldest operational submarine in the world at the time of her decommissioning.<ref name=in-vela>{{cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/sub_vela.htm |title=Submarines of Indian Navy |access-date=6 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619071238/http://indiannavy.nic.in/sub_vela.htm |archive-date=19 June 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/visakhapatnam/ins-vela-decommissioned-363 |title=INS Vela decommissioned |access-date=5 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628025824/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/visakhapatnam/ins-vela-decommissioned-363 |archive-date=28 June 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Staff Reporter|title=INS Vela decommissioned|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/INS-Vela-decommissioned/article16268935.ece|access-date=25 January 2017|work=The Hindu|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Special Correspondent|title=Submarine to be decommissioned|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/Submarine-to-be-decommissioned/article16265637.ece|date=24 June 2010|access-date=18 June 2018|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en}}</ref><br />
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''Vela'' is the name of an Indian fish from the [[stingray]] species known for its aggression and offensive power, and the ability to camouflage itself from predators.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Huma|last=Siddiqui|date=2021-11-25|title=Indian Navy gets new deadly submarine! INS Vela gets commissioned|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/indian-navy-gets-new-deadly-submarine-ins-vela-gets-commissioned/2375891/|access-date=2021-11-25|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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