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 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]

The ship was decommissioned from the fleet on 13 April 2019.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "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".