Cuddalore was built by the Sredne-Nevskiy Shipyard at Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Her commissioning commanding officer was Rear Admiral PK Nair.

She was the senior ship of the 21st Mine Counter measures (MCM) Squadron.

[4] Cuddalore was adjudged as the "best ship" at the Eastern Naval Command (ENC)’s annual flotilla awards ceremony for the year 2015–16.

[5] Cuddalore was decommissioned on 23 March 2018 at the naval dockyard in Visakhapatnam.