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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Retired Indian Corvette}}<br />
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|image_caption=Model of INS Hosdurg (K73), on display at [[Visakha Museum]]<br />
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|country= India<br />
|flag= {{shipboxflag|India|naval-1950}}<br />
|name= INS ''Hosdurg''<br />
|namesake= [[Hosdurg Fort]]<br />
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|commissioned= 15 January 1978<br />
|decommissioned= 5 June 1999<br />
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|fate= Sunk in June 2000, in a [[Sea Eagle (missile)|Sea Eagle]] test<br />
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|class= [[Durg class corvette|Durg class]] [[corvette]]<br />
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|displacement= 670 tons (full load)<br />
|length= 59 meters<br />
|beam= 12.5 meters<br />
|draught= 2.5 meters<br />
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|speed= 32 knots<br />
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|complement= 42 (incl 7 officers)<br />
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*4 × [[P-15 Termit|SS-N-2C]] Anti-Ship Missile<br />
*1 × [[9K33 Osa|OSA-M (SA-N-4)]] Surface to air missile<br />
*2 × {{convert|57|mm}} guns<br />
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'''INS ''Hosdurg'' (K73)''' was the third ship of the [[Durg class corvette|Durg class]] [[corvette]]s of the [[Indian Navy]]. The ship was commissioned on 15 January 1978 and decommissioned on 5 June 1999. The ship was named after [[Hosdurg Fort]], a fort in Kerala. It was built at [[Leningrad]], Russia.<ref name="Nanuchka II Class (Durg)">{{cite web |title=Nanuchka II Class (Durg) |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Past/87-Nanuchka-II-Durg-Class.html |website=Bharat Rakshak |accessdate=30 June 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316203249/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Past/87-Nanuchka-II-Durg-Class.html |archivedate=16 March 2010}}</ref><br />
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==Decommissioning==<br />
The ''Hosdurg'' was decommissioned on 5 June 1999. In June 2000, she was sunk in a test of a long-range [[Sea Eagle (missile)|Sea Eagle]] [[Anti-ship missile|Anti-Ship Missile]] fired by a [[SEPECAT Jaguar|Jaguar]] IM of the [[Indian Air Force]].<ref name="Nanuchka II Class (Durg)" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Durg-class corvettes]]<br />
[[Category:Corvettes of the Cold War]]</div>Pranav