Sonya-class minesweeper

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Russian Navy minesweeper German Ugryumov in 2015.
Class overview
NameSonya class (Project 1265)
Operators
Preceded by Zhenya class
Succeeded by Alexandrit class
Built1971–1991
In commission1971–present
Completed72
Retired?
General characteristics
Typecoastal minesweeper
Displacement400 tons standard, 450 tons full load
Length48.8 m (160 ft)
Beam8.8 m (29 ft)
Draught2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
Propulsion2 shaft diesel engines 2,400  hp (1,800 kW)
Speed15 knots (28 km/h)
Range3,000 nautical miles (5,556.0 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance10 days
Complement43
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar: Spin Trough
  • Sonar: MG-89
Armament
  • 1 × twin 30 mm guns
  • 1 × twin 25 mm guns
  • Sweeps GKT, PEMT-2, ST-2

The Sonya class, Soviet designation Project 1265 Yakhont, are a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy and Soviet allies between 1971 and 1991.

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Design

The Sonya-class ships are wooden hulled coastal minehunters, built as successors 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.

Operators

HQ-862, a Sonya-class minesweeper of Vietnam People's Navy HQ-862 HQVN.JPG
HQ-862, a Sonya-class minesweeper of Vietnam People's Navy

A total of 72 ships were built by Uliis yard in the Vladivostok and Avangard yards in Petrozavodsk between 1971 and 1991. One ship, BT-730, was lost in an accident in 1985. Another unit collided with a Swedish surveillance ship HSwMS Orion east of Gotland in the Baltic Sea in November 1985. [1]

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See also

Citations

  1. "Катастрофа базового тральщика БТ-730 в бухте Цыпнаволок 27.11.1985г" [Accident of the base minesweeper BT-730 in Tsypnavolok Bay on 27 November 1985]. Navycollection.narod.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  2. "1265 Yakhont/Sonya class | Russian Military Analysis". Warfare.ru. Retrieved 28 December 2011.[ dead link ]
  3. 1 2 "Coastal minesweeper - Project 1265". Russianships.info.

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