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{{Short description|Indian naval ship}}
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|Ship caption= INS Magdala
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|Ship country=India
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|Ship name= INS Magdala (M 88)
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|Ship commissioned=10 May 1984
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|Ship decommissioned= 15 Feb 2002
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|Ship class= Mahé Class, [[Yevgenya class minesweeper|Yevgenya Class]]
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|Ship displacement=100 tons full load
|Ship length=26  m
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|Ship propulsion= Two diesel engines with 600 hp sustained and 2 shafts<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Mahe.html | title=Mahé {Yevgenya} Class | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331031448/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Mahe.html | archivedate=31 March 2009 | publisher=Bharat Rakshak | accessdate=6 July 2019 }}</ref>
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|Ship notes=*Primarily used for: Inshore mine sweeping,
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'''INS ''Magdala''''' an Indian Naval minesweeper, took its name from the minor port of ''Magdala'', located {{convert|5|mi|km}} inshore of river Tapti at the [[Gulf of Khambat]] (Cambay). She was an inshore minesweeper (IMS) specially designed and built with glass reinforced plastic hull.

The ship was capable of operating in approaches to harbour and inshore waters in order to search, locate and destroy various types of mines.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/m-mahe.htm |title=Mahé Class |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |date= |accessdate=2010-08-11}}</ref>

== Service==

As the naval band played ''Last Post'', the national flag and national ensign fluttering on INS Magdala were lowered for the last time. That marked the decommissioning of INS Magdala, the sixth ship under project 1258 E.

INS ''Magdala'', built at Leningrad in the erstwhile USSR, was commissioned on 10 May 1984 by Vice Admiral KK Nayyar, the then Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command. The ship was a part of the 20th Mine Counter Measure Squadron (MCMS) and was placed under the Naval Officer-in-Charge ([[Kerala]] & [[Lakshadweep]]) at Kochi.

During her commission, she undertook various operational commitments such as mine counter- measure exercises, tracking exercises, visits to various minor ports and search and rescue missions. In her 17 years of glorious and distinguished service, INS Magdala covered over {{convert|45000|nmi|km}}. The ship also paid a goodwill visit to Male in October 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mod.nic.in/samachar/feb15-02/html/ch14.htm |title=INS Magdala Decommissioned |publisher=Mod.nic.in |date=1984-05-10 |accessdate=2010-08-11}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Mahé-class minesweeper}}

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INS Magdala - Revision history

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