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Soviet coastal minesweeper class From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sonya-class minesweeper
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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

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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 HSwMS Orion east of Gotland in the Baltic Sea in November 1985.[1]

 Russian Navy

 Ukrainian Navy

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

 Azerbaijani Navy

  • 2 ships in service.

 Bulgarian Navy

  • 4 ships transferred.

 Cuban Revolutionary Navy

  • 4 ships transferred.

 Syrian Navy

  • 1 ship transferred.

 Vietnam People's Navy

  • 4 ships transferred.
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