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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}
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|section1={{Infobox ship/image
|image= INS Kozhikode.jpg
|image_caption= INS ''Kozhikode''
}}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career
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|country=India
|flag={{shipboxflag|India|naval}}
|name=INS ''Kozhikode''
|namesake=[[Kozhikode]]
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|acquired=
|commissioned=19 December 1988
|decommissioned=13 April 2019<ref name="decom"/>
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| identification=M71
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|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics
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|header_caption=
|class=''Karwar''-class minesweeper
|displacement= {{convert|877|LT|t}} full load
|length= {{convert|61|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|beam= {{convert|10.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|draft= {{convert|2.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|propulsion= 2 × M-503B diesels, 2 shafts, {{convert|5000|bhp|kW|-2|abbr=on}}
|speed={{convert|16|kn|km/h mph|lk=in}}
|range=*{{convert|4000|nmi|km|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn|km/h mph}}
*{{convert|3000|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn|km/h mph}}
|endurance=
|complement= 10 officers, 72 enlisted
|capacity=
|sensors=*Sonar:
*MG-69/79 High frequency, hull mounted, active mine detection
*Radar:
*Don 2 I-band air/surface
*2 × Square Head - High Pole B IFF
*MR-104 Drum Tilt H/I-band fire control
|EW=*Minesweeping:
*AT-2 acoustic sweep
*GKT-2 contact sweep
*TEM-3 magnetic sweep
|armament=*4 × 30 mm (2×2) guns
*4 × 25 mm (2×2) AA
*2 × RBU 1200 5-tubed ASW rocket
*10 [[Naval mine|mines]]
*2 × 16 [[Strela 2|SA-N-5 SAM]] Grail missiles
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'''INS ''Kozhikode'' (M71)''' was a [[minesweeper]] of the ''Karwar'' class, of similar design to the {{sclass|Pondicherry|minesweeper|0}} ships that were in service with the [[Indian Navy]] till 2012. Built by the [[Sredne-Nevskiy Shipyard]] at [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia. Except for the addition of [[surface-to-air missile]]s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/GSL-gets-defence-ministrys-nod-to-build-12-minesweepers/articleshow/46415463.cms|title=GSL gets defence ministry’s nod to build 12 minesweepers|date=1 March 2015|newspaper=The Times of India|accessdate=6 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Seagoing Minesweepers|url=http://russian-ships.info/eng/warships/project_266m.htm|publisher=Russian Ships|accessdate=31 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403234401/http://russian-ships.info/eng/warships/project_266m.htm|archivedate=3 April 2013}}</ref> ''Kozhikode'' is a modified {{sclass2|Natya|minesweeper|1}}. The ship took part in the [[International Fleet Review 2016]] that was held off the coast of [[Visakhapatnam]].<ref>{{cite web|title=INS KOZHIKODE M 71|url=http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2429315}}</ref>

The ship was decommissioned from the fleet on 13 April 2019.<ref name="decom">{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/140419/grand-send-off-to-indian-naval-ship-kozhikode.html|title=Grand ‘send-off’ to Indian Naval Ship Kozhikode|publisher=Deccan Chronicle|accessdate=14 April 2019}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Pondicherry class minesweeper}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kozhikode (M71), INS}}
[[Category:Pondicherry-class minesweepers]]
[[Category:India–Soviet Union relations]]
[[Category:1988 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built at Sredne-Nevskiy Shipyard]]

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