INS Kozhikode (M71)

	INS Kozhikode
History
India
Name:	INS Kozhikode
Namesake:	Kozhikode
Commissioned:	19 December 1988
Decommissioned:	13 April 2019
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)
Range:	4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph); 3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph);
Complement:	10 officers, 72 enlisted
Sensors and ; processing systems:	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;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys:	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 mines; 2 × 16 SA-N-5 SAM Grail missiles;

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[edit | edit source]

↑ ^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".