India-class submarine

Class overview
An India-class submarine carrying two DSRVs in 1985
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 (17 mph; 28 km/h) surfaced 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h) submerged
Boats & landing craft carried:	2 × Poseidon class DSRV's
Complement:	94
Armament:	4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

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.

The submarines of this class were designed to function as mother ships for two Poseidon Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicles (DSRVs).

While India class boats have been seen going to the aid of Russian Submarines involved in accidents, they have also been observed working in support of Russian Spetsnaz operations. The boats had decompression chambers and medical facilities on board. Two vessels of this class were built for the Soviet Navy. Both were scrapped in the 1990s.

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

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Soviet and Russian submarines after 1945

Ballistic missile nuclear submarines – SSBN	658 Hotel 667A Yankee 667B Delta I 667BD Delta II 667BDR Delta III 941 Typhoon 667BDRM Delta IV 955 Dolgorukiy

Cruise missile nuclear submarines – SSGN	659 Echo I 675 Echo II 670 Charlie I 670M Charlie II 661 Papa^S 949 Oscar I 949A Oscar II

Nuclear attack submarines – SSN	627A November 671 Victor I 671RT Victor II 671RTM Victor III 705/705K Alfa 945 Sierra I 945A Sierra II 685 Mike^S 971 Akula 885 Severodvinsk

Conventional ballistic missile submarines – SSB	AV611 Zulu IV 629 Golf

Conventional cruise missile submarines – SSG	644/665 Whiskey (missile) 651 Juliett

Conventional attack submarines – SS or SSK	611 Zulu 613 Whiskey 615 Quebec 617 Whale^S 633 Romeo 641 Foxtrot 641B Tango 877 Kilo 636 Improved Kilo 677 St. Petersburg Kalina

Auxiliary submarines – SSA	690 Bravo 940 India 1710 Beluga^S 1840 Lima^S 1910 Uniform 865 Losos Sarov^S

S Single ship of class

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