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Sonya class minesweeper

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Built
  
1971–1991

Completed
  
72

In commission
  
1971 – present day

Sonya-class minesweeper

Name
  
Sonya class (Project 1260)

Operators
  
Soviet Navy  Azerbaijani Navy  Bulgarian Navy  Cuban Navy  Russian Navy  Syrian Arab Navy  Ukrainian Navy  Vietnam People's Navy

Preceded by
  
Zhenya class minesweeper

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.

Russian Navy

26 ships active with 14 in reserve

  • Baltic Fleet – 5 ships
  • Black Sea Fleet – 2 ships
  • Northern Fleet – 8 ships
  • Pacific Fleet – 8 ships
  • Caspian Flotilla – - 3 ships

    • Ukrainian Navy

    2 ships in service

  • U330 Melitopol
  • U331 Mariupol

    • Azerbaijan Navy

    2 ships in service

    Bulgarian Navy

    4 ships transferred

    Cuban Navy

    4 ships transferred

    Syrian Navy

    1 ship transferred

    Vietnamese Navy

    4 ships transferred

    References

    Sonya-class minesweeper Wikipedia
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