Sonya-class minesweeper

Russian Navy minesweeper German Ugryumov in 2015.
Class overview
Name: Sonya class (Project 1260)
Operators:
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
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • radar: Spin Trough
  • Sonar; MG-89
Armament:
  • 2 - 30mm guns (1x2)
  • 2 × 25mm guns (1x2)
  • Sweeps GKT, PEMT-2, ST-2

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.

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

HQ-862 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, 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]

Russian Navy

26 ships active with 14 in reserve [2]

Ukrainian Navy

2 ships in service

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

See also

References

Gardiner, Robert (ed.) (1995). Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. London: Conway Maritime. ISBN 0-85177-605-1. OCLC 34284130.  Also published as Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7. OCLC 34267261. 

  1. ↑ "Военно-Морская Коллекция -> Корабли". Navycollection.narod.ru. 1985-11-27. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  2. ↑ "1265 Yakhont/Sonya class | Russian Military Analysis". Warfare.ru. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
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