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{{Short description| Retired minesweeper of the Indian Navy}}
{{other ships|INS Mahé}}
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| country = India
| flag = {{shipboxflag|India|naval}}
| name = INS ''Mahé'' (M 83)
| namesake = [[Mahé, Puducherry|Mahé, India]]
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| commissioned = 16 May 1983
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| decommissioned = 15 May 2006
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| class = [[Mahé-class minesweeper]]
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| displacement = 100 tons full load
| length = 26  m
| beam = 5.5 m
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| 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 |access-date=28 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331031448/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Mahe.html |archive-date=31 March 2009 }}</ref>
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| complement = 10
| crew = 25
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| sensors = MG-7 sonar
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| notes = *Primarily used for: Inshore mine sweeping,
*Harbor defense,
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'''INS ''Mahé''''' was an Indian Naval [[minesweeper]], named after a Union Territory [[Mahé, India|Mahé]] in the west coast of India commissioned in 1983. She remained in service until decommissioned at Naval Base, [[Kochi, India|Kochi]] on 15 May 2006.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/m-mahe.htm |title=Mahé Class |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |access-date=2010-08-11}}</ref>

== Service==
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The ship was commissioned by Vice Admiral K. K. Nayyar, the then Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command, on 16 May 1983 at Kochi.

She was decommissioned at Kochi Naval Base in the presence of Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Southern Naval Command, Vice Admiral Jagjit Singh Bedi. With the sounding of the 'Last post', the paying off pennant was hauled down to an end her 24 years of commission in the Indian naval service.

The Admiral inspected a 50-man guard of honor and Lt Cdr Boyiri Varma, the last commanding officer of INS Mahé, delivered the pre-decommissioning speech. At sunset, the Color Guard presented arms as the National Flag and the Naval Ensign were hauled down.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/ar_showdetails.asp?id=705150844&cat=&n_date=20070515 |title=INS Mahe decommissioned – News – Webindia123.com |publisher=News.webindia123.com |access-date=2010-08-11}}</ref>



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

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[[Category:Mahé-class minesweepers]]

INS Mahé 1983 - Revision history

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