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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 (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.

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)	BS-486	194	22 February 1974	7 September 1975	30 December 1980	Pacific	Decommissioned 1995, scrapped in 2000
BS-257	BS-257	BS-257	195	23 February 1978	27 May 1979	1 September 1979	Northern	Decommissioned 1996, scrapped in 2005

Citations

^ Pavlov, p. 82

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 Russian). Retrieved 2020-04-05.

v t e Soviet and Russian submarine classes after 1945
Ballistic missile nuclear submarines	658 Hotel 667A Yankee 667B Delta I 667BD Delta II 667BDR Delta III 941 Typhoon 667BDRM Delta IV 955 Borei
Cruise missile nuclear submarines	659 Echo I 675 Echo II 670 Charlie I 670M Charlie II 661 Papa 949 Oscar I 949A Oscar II 885 Yasen 545 Laika (proposed)
Nuclear attack submarines	627A November 671 Victor I 671RT Victor II 671RTM Victor III 705/705K Alfa 945 Sierra I 945A Sierra II 685 Mike 971 Akula 09851 Khabarovsk (under construction)
Conventional ballistic missile submarines	AV611 Zulu IV 629 Golf
Conventional cruise missile submarines	644/665 Whiskey (missile) 651 Juliett
Conventional attack submarines	611 Zulu 613 Whiskey 615 Quebec 617 Whale 633 Romeo 641 Foxtrot 641B Tango 877 Kilo 636 Improved Kilo 677 Lada Amur (proposed) S1000 (development suspended) Kalina (proposed)
Auxiliary submarines	690 Bravo 940 India 1710 Beluga 1840 Lima 1910 Uniform 865 Losos 210 Losharik 20120 Sarov
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