INS Malpe

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History
India
Name: INS Malpe (M 86)
Builder: Leningrad, USSR
Commissioned: 10 May 1984
Decommissioned: 4 Dec 2006
Homeport: Kochi
Status: Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type: Mahé Class, Yevgenya Class
Displacement: 100 tons full load
Length: 26  m
Beam: 5.5 m
Draught: 1.5 m
Propulsion: Two diesel engines with 600 hp sustained and 2 shafts[1]
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h)
Range: 300 nautical miles (555.6 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement: 10
Crew: 25
Sensors and
processing systems:
MG-7 sonar
Armament: 2 x 25mm/80 twin guns
Notes:
  • Primarily used for: Inshore mine sweeping,
  • Harbor defense,
  • Coastal patrolling.

INS Malpe an Indian Naval minesweeper ship, named after a port in Malabar coast Malpe. She remained in service until decommissioned at Naval Base, Kochi on 4 December 2006.[2]

Service[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Mahé {Yevgenya} Class". Archived from the original on 31 March 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  2. "Mahé Class".