Sonya-class minesweeper

Russian Navy minesweeper German Ugryumov in 2015.

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

The Sonya-class ships are wooden hulled coastal minehunters, built as successors to the 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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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 Template:HSwMS east of Gotland in the Baltic Sea in November 1985.

• 19 ships (2023).
  • Baltic Fleet – 4 ships
  • Northern Fleet – 5 ships
  • Pacific Fleet – 7 ships
  • Caspian Flotilla – 3 ships

• 2 ships in former service.
  • U330 Melitopol (Decommissioned 2012)
  • U331 Mariupol (Decommissioned 2013)

• 2 ships in service.

• 4 ships transferred.

• 4 ships transferred.

• 1 ship transferred.

• 4 ships transferred.

See also

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

References

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