Yurka-class minesweeper

Class overview
Name	Project 266 Rubin
Operators	Soviet Navy Egyptian Navy Vietnam People's Navy
Preceded by	T58-class minesweeper
Succeeded by	Natya-class minesweeper
In commission	1963-1990s
Completed	52
General characteristics
Displacement	540 tons
Length	52 meters
Beam	9.4 meters
Draught	2.6 meters
Propulsion	2 M-503 Diesel engines 5000 hp
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h)
Range	1,500 nautical miles (2,778.0 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Endurance	7 days
Crew	68 (6 officers)
Electronic warfare & decoys	Minesweeping: AT-2 acoustic sweep GKT-2 contact sweep TEM-3 magnetic sweep
Armament	2х2-30 mm AK-230 2 х5 RBU 1200 7 AMD-1000 naval mines or 32 depth charges underwater mine searcher MKT-210 Sweeps BKT, AT-3, TEM-4

The Yurka class is a NATO reporting name for Project 266 Rubin, a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy and export customers between 1963 and 1970.

Design

A new ocean minesweeper design was requested in 1957 to follow the T43 class minesweeper into the Soviet Navy. The design was approved in 1959 and entered service in 1963. Major improvements in mine detection and anti mine explosion protection were implemented. Magnetic, acoustic and electric signatures were reduced. The hull was built of low magnetic steel.

Ships

Soviet Navy

About 41 ships were built for the Soviet Navy, One ship was lost to an accidental explosion in the Black Sea in 1989. All the Ships were decommissioned by the mid-1990s

Egyptian Navy

Fours ships transferred in 1969 - in service 2008

Vietnam Navy

Two ships transferred in 1979 - in service 2008

See also

• List of ships of the Soviet Navy
• List of ships of Russia by project number

References

Also published as

• (in English) All Yurka Class Minesweepers - Complete Ship List