Sasha-class minesweeper

The Sasha class is the NATO reporting name for a class of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy between 1954 and 1956. The Soviet designation was Project 265.

Class overview
Name	Sasha class (Project 265)
Operators	Soviet Navy
Succeeded by	Vanya class
Built	1954–1960
In commission	1954–1992?
Completed	37
Lost	1
Retired	36
General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	245 tons standard, 269 tons full load
Length	45.1 m (148 ft 0 in)
Beam	6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Draught	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft diesel engines 2,200 hp (1,600 kW)
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range	2,100 nautical miles (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	25
Sensors & processing systems	Radar: Ball End Sonar: Tamir-11
Armament	1 × 45 mm (1.8 in) or 57 mm (2.2 in) gun 2 × twin 25 mm (0.98 in) guns 12 mines Sweeps MT-1, SEMT (magnetic), AT2 (acoustic)

Design

The specification for the design was issued in 1946. The ships were steel-hulled coastal minesweepers and were to replace wartime T301-class coastal sweepers. Following trials the bow shape was changed to improve sea-keeping and more advanced electronics and sweeps were introduced throughout the service lives of these ships.

Ships

At total of 37 ships were built at Rybinsk. The last two ships were retired in 1992.

See also

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