Sonya-class minesweeper
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Russian Navy minesweeper German Ugryumov in 2015.
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Sonya class (Project 1260) |
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| Preceded by: | Zhenya class minesweeper |
| Built: | 1971–1991 |
| In commission: | 1971 – present day |
| Completed: | 72 |
| Retired: | ? |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | coastal minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 400 tons standard, 450 tons full load |
| Length: | 48.8 meters |
| Beam: | 8.8 meters |
| Draught: | 2.1 meters |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft diesel engines 2400 hp |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,000 nautical miles (5,556.0 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 10 days |
| Crew: | 43 |
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The Sonya class are a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy and Soviet allies between 1971 and 1991. The Soviet designation is Project 1265 Yakhont.
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Design
A wooden hulled coastal minehunter, built as a successor to the Vanya class with new sweeps and more effective sonar. A central safe explosion proof area is fitted and all key systems can be remote controlled from there.
Ships
A total of 72 ships were built by Uliis yard in the Vladivostok and Avangard yards in Petrozavodsk between 1971 and 1991. One ship, the BT-730, was lost in an accident in 1985. Another unit collided with a Swedish surveillance ship (HMS Orion) east of Gotland in the Baltic in November 1985.[1]
26 ships active with 14 in reserve [2]
- Baltic Fleet – 5 ships
- Black Sea Fleet – 2 ships
- Northern Fleet – 8 ships
- Pacific Fleet – 8 ships
- Caspian Flotilla – - 3 ships
2 ships in service
- U330 Melitopol
- U331 Mariupol
2 ships in service
4 ships transferred
4 ships transferred
1 ship transferred
4 ships transferred
See also
References
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- Mine warfare vessel classes
- Minesweepers of the Soviet Navy
- Cold War minesweepers of the Soviet Union
- Minesweepers of the Azerbaijani Navy
- Active minesweepers of Azerbaijan
- Minesweepers of the Bulgarian Navy
- Minesweepers of the Cuban Navy
- Minesweepers of the Russian Navy
- Active minesweepers of Russia
- Minesweepers of the Syrian Navy
- Minesweepers of the Ukrainian Navy
- Active minesweepers of Ukraine
- Minesweepers of the Vietnam People's Navy
