INS Malpe

INS Malpe an Indian Naval minesweeper ship, named after a port in Malabar coast Malpe. She remained in service until decommissioned at Naval Base, Kochi on 4 December 2006.[2]

History
India
Name: INS Malpe (M 86)
Builder: Leningrad, USSR
Commissioned: 10 May 1984
Decommissioned: 4 Dec 2006
Homeport: Kochi
Status: Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type: Mahé Class, Yevgenya Class
Displacement: 100 tons full load
Length: 26  m
Beam: 5.5 m
Draught: 1.5 m
Propulsion: Two diesel engines with 600 hp sustained and 2 shafts[1]
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h)
Range: 300 nautical miles (555.6 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement: 10
Crew: 25
Sensors and
processing systems:		 MG-7 sonar
Armament: 2 x 25mm/80 twin guns
Notes:
  • Primarily used for: Inshore mine sweeping,
  • Harbor defense,
  • Coastal patrolling.

Service
gollark: I've just discovered that apparently since a kernel update or something X stopped getting key events for my laptop's function keys. How odd.
gollark: The numbers in brackets (`[10000]`) are time in seconds since boot or something.
gollark: I would try running it, waiting for a freeze, and then observing `dmesg`.
gollark: Impreßive.
gollark: It might tell you THINGS™.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 March 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/m-mahe.htm
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.