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[[File:Astravahini Class torpedo recovery vessel (A73).jpg|thumb|250px|Astravahini-class torpedo recovery vessel ''A73''.]]<br />
The '''Astravahini class''' of [[torpedo]] recovery vessels are a series of [[Navy|naval]] [[auxiliaries|auxiliary]] [[watercraft]] built by [[Goa Shipyard Limited]] and P.S. & Company for the [[Indian Navy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/print/84 |title=Surface Ships |accessdate=21 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325134508/http://indiannavy.nic.in/print/84 |archivedate=25 March 2015 }}</ref> They are intended to recover practice [[torpedo]]es and [[Naval mine|mines]], fired and laid by ships, [[submarine]]s and [[Military aircraft|aircraft]]. The vessels can stow two full-sized torpedoes on deck and two on a recovery ramp. <br />
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The vessel ''A72'' sank on 6 November 2014 during a routine exercise near [[Visakhapatnam]] after taking on water, with one sailor dead and four missing.<ref name=rediff>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/defence-news-indian-navy-torpedo-recovery-vessel-sinks/20141106.htm |website=rediff.com |title=Torpedo recovery vessel sinks near Vizag; 1 dead, 4 missing |date=6 November 2014 |accessdate=27 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/one-dead-and-four-missing-as-navy-ship-sinks/article6571469.ece?homepage=true |title=Navy's auxiliary ship sinks off Vizag; sailor killed |first=G. S. |last=Subrahmanyam |newspaper=The Hindu |date=7 November 2014 |accessdate=27 June 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Ships in the class==<br />
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!Yard no<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goashipyard.co.in/products_history.aspx |title=Product History |publisher=Goa Shipyard |accessdate=27 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706134133/http://www.goashipyard.co.in/products_history.aspx |archivedate=6 July 2016 }}</ref>|| IMO number<ref name=irclass>{{cite web|url=http://www.irclass.org/ship_info# |title=Ship Register Search &#124; IRCLASS &#124; Indian Register of Shipping |accessdate=14 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621234432/http://www.irclass.org/ship_info |archivedate=21 June 2013 }}</ref>!! Pennant no !! Commission !! Decommission !! Builder !! Notes <br />
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|1083 ||7804077 || ''A71''|| 15 September 1982 || 25 March 2005 || GSL || Torpedo Recovery Vessel<br />
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|1084 ||7804089 || ''A72'' || 23 February 1983 || Sunk 6 November 2014 <ref name=rediff/>|| GSL|| Torpedo Recovery Vessel<br />
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| || || ''A73'' || 5 November 1984<ref>Military Year-book 1985-86 (Volume 18)</ref>|| 16 July 2015 <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/ins-astravahini-decommissioned/article7432887.ece |title=INS Astravahini decommissioned |newspaper=The Hindu |date=17 July 2015 |accessdate=27 June 2016}}</ref> || P. S. & Company<ref>Ship & Boat International, Volume 37</ref> || Torpedo Launch and Recovery Vessel<br />
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==Specification (''A71'' & ''A72'')==<br />
*Displacement: 110 tonnes<ref name=Eric>The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems By Eric Wertheim</ref><br />
*Speed: 11 knots<br />
*Dimension: 28.5 X 6.1 X 1.4 meters<br />
*Engine: 2 Kirloskar MAN 12 cyl. diesels, 2 props. 720&nbsp;bhp<br />
*Crew: 13 total<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of active Indian Navy ships]]<br />
*{{INS|Astradharani|A61|6}}, a catamaran-hulled torpedo recovery vessel that replaced the Astravahini class<br />
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090327141914/http://www.hindu.com/2005/03/26/stories/2005032609360400.htm A-71 Decommissioned]<br />
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