 INS Kozhikode | |
| History | |
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 India | |
| Name | INS Kozhikode |
| Namesake | Kozhikode |
| Commissioned | 19 December 1988 |
| Decommissioned | 13 April 2019[1] |
| Identification | M71 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Karwar-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 877 long tons (891 t) full load |
| Length | 61 m (200 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × M-503B diesels, 2 shafts, 5,000 bhp (3,700 kW) |
| Speed | 16knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
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| Complement | 10 officers, 72 enlisted |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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INS Kozhikode (M71) was a minesweeper of the Karwar class, of similar design to the Pondicherry-class ships that were in service with the Indian Navy till 2012. Built by the Sredne-Nevskiy ShipyardatSaint Petersburg, Russia. Except for the addition of surface-to-air missiles.[2][3] Kozhikode is a modified Natya-class minesweeper. The ship took part in the International Fleet Review 2016 that was held off the coast of Visakhapatnam.[4]
The ship was decommissioned from the fleet on 13 April 2019.[1]
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