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MSI-71



Call sign:
India - Hotel - Kilo - November


MSI-71 was built in Italy.

MSI-58 Class Inshore Minesweeper:

  • Laid down as MSI-71 by Cantiere Costaguta, Gonove Voltri, Italy
  • Commissioned Polpo (M 5463)
  • Renamed Polipo
  • Reclassified as a hydrographic vessel, A-5381
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 120 t.
  • Length 112'
  • Beam 23'
  • Draft 8'
  • Speed 12 kts.
  • Complement 21
  • Armament: One .50 cal. machine gun
  • Propulsion: Two Fiat MTU 12V-493-TY7 diesel engines, reduction to one shaft.
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    Size Image Description Source
    Polipo (M 5463)
    MSI-71 134k 10 August 1972
    La Spezia, Italy
    Carlo Martinelli
    MSI-71 577k 1 October 1980
    La Spezia, Italy
    Polipo (A 5381)
    MSI-71 437k 17 November 1994
    La Spezia, Italy
    Carlo Martinelli

    There is no DANFS history currently available for MSI-71
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Naval Minewarfare Association
    Association of Minemen

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