INS ''Kozhikode'' (M71) was a

minesweeper A minesweeper is a small warship designed to remove or detonate naval mines. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, minesweepers keep waterways clear for safe shipping. History The earliest known usage of ...

of the ''Karwar'' class, of similar design to the ships that were in service with the

Indian Navy The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates si ...

till 2012. Built by the Sredne-Nevskiy Shipyard at

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Russia. Except for the addition of surface-to-air missiles. ''Kozhikode'' is a modified . The ship took part in the International Fleet Review 2016 that was held off the coast of

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. The ship was decommissioned from the fleet on 13 April 2019.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kozhikode (M71), INS Pondicherry-class minesweepers Ships built in the Soviet Union India–Soviet Union relations 1988 ships Ships built at Sredne-Nevskiy Shipyard