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{{Short description| Retired Mahe-class minesweeper of the Indian Navy}}
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|country = India
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|name = INS Mulki (M 87)
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|commissioned = 16 May 1983
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|class = [[Mahé-class minesweeper]]
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|displacement = 100 tons full load
|length = 26  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 |website=Bharat Rakshak |access-date=2010-05-28 |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
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|sensors = MG-7 sonar
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|notes = *Primarily used for:
**Inshore mine sweeping
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The '''INS ''Mulki''''' was a [[Mahé class minesweeper|Mahé class minesweeper]] in the [[Indian Navy]], named after [[Mulki, India]], a port on the [[Malabar Coast]], southwest India. She remained in service until decommissioned in 2003.

== Service==
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The INS Mulki was in service from 1983 to 2003.<ref>{{Cite thesis |degree=Bachelor |last=Likhita |first=Karanam |date=May 2018 |title=Maritime & Marine Museum and Library |publisher=National Institute of Technology Rourkela |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331968769 |via=ResearchGate}}</ref>

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

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[[Category:Mahé-class minesweepers]]

INS Mulki 1983 - Revision history

Associatedin21 at 04:01, 2 May 2026