INS Magdala
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| History | |
|---|---|
 India | |
| Name | INS Magdala (M 88) |
| Namesake | Port of Magdalla |
| Builder | Leningrad, USSR |
| Commissioned | 10 May 1984 |
| Decommissioned | 15 Feb 2002 |
| Homeport | Kochi |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Mahé-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 100 tons full load |
| Length | 26 m |
| Beam | 5.5 m |
| Draught | 1.5 m |
| Propulsion | Two diesel engines with 600 hp sustained and 2 shafts[1] |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Range | 300 nautical miles (555.6 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement | 10 |
| Crew | 25 |
| Sensors & processing systems | MG-7 sonar |
| Armament | 2 x 25mm/80 twin guns |
| Notes |
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INS Magdala an Indian Naval minesweeper, took its name from the minor port of Magdala, located 5 miles (8.0 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.[2]