India-class submarine

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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 Template:Sclass2

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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	(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		File:Soviet India class submarine.JPEG BS-257	195	23 February 1978	27 May 1979	1 September 1979	Northern	Decommissioned 1996, scrapped in 2005