INS Kozhikode (M71) was a minesweeper of the Karwar class, of similar design to the Pondicherry-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 Natya-class minesweeper. The ship took part in the International Fleet Review 2016 that was held off the coast of Visakhapatnam.[4]
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 INS Kozhikode |
| History |
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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 |
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| Class & 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)
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| Complement | 10 officers, 72 enlisted |
Sensors &
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
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Electronic warfare
& decoys |
- Minesweeping:
- AT-2 acoustic sweep
- GKT-2 contact sweep
- TEM-3 magnetic sweep
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| 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
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The ship was decommissioned from the fleet on 13 April 2019.[1]
