INS Karwar (M67)
{{other ships|INS Karwar}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=INS Karwar and Kakinada decommissioning ceremony (1).jpg |Ship image size= |Ship caption=INS Karwar (right) and INS Kakinada before their decommissioning ceremony. }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=India |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|India|naval}} |Ship name=INS Karwar |Ship namesake=Karwar |Ship ordered= |Ship builder= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=14 July 1986 |Ship decommissioned=9 May 2017{{cite tweet|number=861931936020934658|user=indiannavy|title=INS Karwar and INS Kakinada to be decommissioned at Sunset at Naval Dockyard Mumbai. Served the Navy for 31 years w… |date=9 May 2017}} |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= | Ship identification=M67 |Ship fate= |Ship status= |Ship notes= |Ship honours= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class=Karwar-class minesweeper |Ship displacement= {{convert|877|LT|t}} full load |Ship length= {{convert|61|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{convert|10.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draft= {{convert|2.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion= 2 × M-503B diesels, 2 shafts, {{convert|5000|bhp|kW |
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|Ship armament=*4 × 30 mm (2×2) guns
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INS Karwar (M67) of the Karwar subclass was a {{sclass|Pondicherry|minesweeper}}s that was in service with the Indian Navy till 2012, built by the Sredne-Nevskiy Shipyard at Saint Petersburg in Russia except for the addition of surface-to-air missiles.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/GSL-gets-defence-ministrys-nod-to-build-12-minesweepers/articleshow/46415463.cms|title=GSL gets defence ministry's nod to build 12 minesweepers|date=1 March 2015|newspaper=The Times of India|accessdate=6 July 2019}}{{cite web|title=Seagoing Minesweepers|url=http://russian-ships.info/eng/warships/project_266m.htm|publisher=Russian Ships|accessdate=31 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403234401/http://russian-ships.info/eng/warships/project_266m.htm|archivedate=3 April 2013}}
INS Karwar was the first of the Natya-class minesweepers acquired from the USSR. She was commissioned on 14 July 1986 in Riga (USSR) under the command of Commander RK Sinha. The ship operated from Vishakhapatnam till 2013 after which she was based at Mumbai. Her crew consisted of six officers and 90 sailors, INS Karwar had the motto Hamesha Tayyar ("Always ready"). The last commanding officer was Cdr Kaushik Dhar.
Karwar was decommissioned on 9 May 2017.{{cite web |title=INS Karwar and Kakinada decommissioned |url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/ins-karwar-and-kakinada-decommissioned |website=www.indiannavy.nic.in |publisher=Indian Navy |accessdate=23 September 2018 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Staff Reporter |title=Naval ships decommissioned |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/naval-ships-decommissioned/article18416399.ece |accessdate=23 September 2018 |work=The Hindu |date=10 May 2017 |language=en-IN}} The decommissioning left the country with only four minesweepers.{{cite news |title=Four Minesweepers Left With India After INS Karwar, INS Kakinada Decommissioned |url=http://www.defenseworld.net/news/19244/Four_Minesweepers_Left_With_India_After_INS_Karwar__INS_Kakinada_Decommissioned#.W6dZOFJRdTY |accessdate=23 September 2018 |work=www.defenseworld.net |date=10 May 2017}}
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Category:Pondicherry-class minesweepers
Category:Ships built in the Soviet Union