Sonya-class minesweeper
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Sonya class (Project 1265) |
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| Preceded by | Zhenya class |
| Succeeded by | Alexandrit class |
| Built | 1971–1991 |
| In commission | 1971–present |
| Completed | 72 |
| Retired | ? |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | coastal minesweeper |
| Displacement | 400 tons standard, 450 tons full load |
| Length | 48.8 m (160 ft) |
| Beam | 8.8 m (29 ft) |
| Draught | 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 shaft diesel engines 2,400 hp (1,800 kW) |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Range | 3,000 nautical miles (5,556.0 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Endurance | 10 days |
| Complement | 43 |
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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.
Design
[edit | edit source]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
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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]
File:Naval Ensign of Russia.svg Russian Navy
- c. 17 ships in the navy; 1 transferred to the Coast Guard (as of 2025)[2][3]
- Baltic Fleet – 4
- Northern Fleet – 6[3]
- Pacific Fleet – 7
- Caspian Flotilla – 2 + 1 (Astrakhanets) transferred to the Coast Guard as a border patrol boat[4]
File:Naval Ensign of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Navy
- 2 ships in former service.
- U330 Melitopol (Decommissioned 2012)
- U331 Mariupol (Decommissioned 2013)
File:Naval Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijani Navy
- 2 ships in service.
File:Naval Ensign of Bulgaria.svg Bulgarian Navy
- 4 ships transferred.
File:Naval Jack of Cuba.svg Cuban Revolutionary Navy
- 4 ships transferred.
File:Flag of the Syrian Arab Navy.svg Syrian Navy
- 1 ship transferred.
File:Vietnam People's Navy flag.svg Vietnam People's Navy
- 4 ships transferred.[5]
See also
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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
- Minesweepers of Azerbaijan
- Minesweepers of the Bulgarian Navy
- Minesweepers of the Cuban Navy
- Minesweepers of the Russian Navy
- Minesweepers of Russia
- Minesweepers of the Syrian Navy
- Minesweepers of the Ukrainian Navy
- Minesweepers of Ukraine
- Minesweepers of the Vietnam People's Navy