 INS Kozhikode
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 India
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| 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: | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
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| Complement: | 10 officers, 72 enlisted |
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INS Kozhikode (M71) was a minesweeper of the Karwar class, of similar design to the -class 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 missiles.[2][3] Kozhikode is a modified -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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Grand 'send-off' to Indian Naval Ship Kozhikode". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ↑ "GSL gets defence ministry's nod to build 12 minesweepers". The Times of India. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ↑ "Seagoing Minesweepers". Russian Ships. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ "INS KOZHIKODE M 71".