INS Kozhikode |
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators: | Indian Navy |
| In commission: | 1978– |
| Completed: | 12 |
| Active: | 8 |
| Retired: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | 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 and decoys: |
Minesweeping: • AT-2 acoustic sweep • GKT-2 contact sweep • TEM-3 magnetic sweep |
| Armament: | • 4 × 30 mm (2×2) guns • 4 × 30 mm (2×2) AA • 4 × 25 mm (2×2) AA • 2 × RBU 1200 5-tubed ASW rocket • 10 mines • M67–M72 also have 2 × SA-N-5 SAM, 16 Grail missiles |
The Pondicherry class are a class of minesweepers built for the Indian Navy by the Soviet Union. They are modified versions of the Natya class minesweeper. The vessels were acquired in two batches. The first were purchased from 1978 to 1980 and the second from 1986 to 1988. Technically, the second batch is referred to as the Karwar class but are physically identical to the first batch with the exception of additional surface-to-air missiles. As minesweepers, they are large and heavily armed. They can serve a dual purpose as an anti-submarine warfare escort. Their hulls are constructed of U3 low magnetic signature steel.
M61–M66 are based at Mumbai and M67–M72 are based at Visakhapatnam.
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