INS ''Vagli'' (S42) was a diesel-electric

submarine A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...

of the

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, commissioned in 1974. Along with her sister ship ''Vela'', she spent almost 10 years undergoing a protracted refit by

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. After 36 years of active service, INS ''Vagli'' was decommissioned on 9 December 2010.

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