INS ''Amba'' (A54) was the only

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ship in service with the

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. It is a modified

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design built to Indian specifications in Nikolayev (the present-day

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) in 1968. Deviations from the standard Ugra design include four 76 mm guns instead of the 57 mm ones mounted on Soviet units. On 26 May 2001 a fire broke out in the laundry section of ''Amba'' during a routine refit at the

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, suffocating two washermen. ''Amba'' was decommissioned from service in July 2006.

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