Mahé-class minesweeper

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The Mahé-class minesweeper is a class of mid-1960s small Russian minesweepers designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.

The Mahé class was designed with glass-reinforced plastic hulls built at Kolpino, USSR. All of the vessels were based at Kochi and undertook various operational commitments such as mine counter-measure exercises, harbour defence, visits to various minor ports, and search and rescue missions.

Units

Ship Name	Hull No.	Homeport	Commission	Decommission	Builder
Template:INS	M 83	Kochi	16 May 1983	15 May 2006
Template:INS	M 84	Kochi	16 May 1983	5 Jan 2003
Template:INS	M 85	Kochi	16 May 1983	7 Apr 2004
Template:INS	M 86	Kochi	10 May 1984	4 Dec 2006
Template:INS	M 87	Kochi	10 May 1984	n/a
Template:INS	M 88	Kochi	10 May 1984	February 2002