This is a typing short cut for linking to Indian Navy ship articles named in the format "INS Mahé (M-83)". Since ship names are italicized in article text, linking to them in the usual manner means typing everything twice, such as [[INS Mahé (M-83)|INS ''Mahé'' (M-83)]]. This template halves that to {{INS|Mahé|M-83}}.

  • {{INS|Ship Name}}
  • {{INS|Ship Name|ID}}, where ID can be the hull number, launch year, or pennant number, as specified in the article title.


Template usage Equivalent wikicode Final result
{{INS|Mahé|M 83}} [[INS Mahé (M 83)|INS ''Mahé'' (M 83)]] INS Mahé  (M 83)
{{INS|Mahé |1983}} [[INS Mahé (1983)|INS ''Mahé '' (1983)]] INS Mahé  (1983)
{{INS|Mahé }} [[INS Mahé |INS ''Mahé '']] INS Mahé

Last example could be used to link to ship index (disambiguation) page

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    {{sclass2-}}—article titles that are hyphenated
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