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Sonya-class minesweeper
Soviet coastal minesweeper class From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Design
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
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]
- 19 ships (2023).[2][3]
- Baltic Fleet – 4 ships
- Northern Fleet – 5 ships[3]
- 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.
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