Sonya-class minesweeper

File:BT-226-Kolomna1994.jpg Russian Navy minesweeper BT-226-Kolomna in 1994
Class overview
Name	Sonya class (Project 1260)
Operators	Soviet Navy Azerbaijani Navy Bulgarian Navy Cuban Revolutionary Navy Russian Navy Syrian Arab Navy Ukrainian Navy Vietnam People's Navy
Preceded by	Zhenya class minesweeper
Built	1971–1991
In commission	1971 – present day
Completed	72
Retired	?
General characteristics
Type	coastal minesweeper
Displacement	400 tons standard, 450 tons full load
Length	48.8 meters
Beam	8.8 meters
Draught	2.1 meters
Propulsion	2 shaft diesel engines 2400 hp
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Range	3,000 nautical miles (5,556.0 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance	10 days
Crew	43
Sensors and processing systems	radar: Spin Trough Sonar; MG-89
Armament	2 - 30mm guns (1x2) 2 x 25mm guns (1x2) Sweeps GKT, PEMT-2, ST-2

The Sonya class were a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy and Soviet allies between 1971 and 1991. The Soviet designation is Project 1265 Yakhont.

Design

A wooden hulled coastal minehunter, built as a successor 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.

Ships

HQ-862 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, the BT-730, was lost in an accident in 1985. Another unit collided with a Swedish surveillance ship (HMS Orion) east of Gotland in the Baltic in November 1985.

Russian Navy

26 ships active with 14 in reserve

• Baltic Fleet – 5 ships
• Black Sea Fleet – 2 ships
• Northern Fleet – 8 ships
• Pacific Fleet – 8 ships
• Caspian Flotilla – - 3 ships

Ukrainian Navy

2 ships in service

• U330 Melitopol
• U331 Mariupol

Azerbaijan Navy

2 ships in service

Bulgarian Navy

4 ships transferred

Cuban Navy

4 ships transferred

Syrian Navy

1 ship transferred

Vietnamese Navy

4 ships transferred

See also

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

References

Gardiner, Robert (ed.) (1995). Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. London: Conway Maritime. ISBN 0-85177-605-1. OCLC 34284130. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |origdate=, |origmonth=, and |coauthors= (help) Also published as Gardiner, Robert (1995). Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7. OCLC 34267261. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |origmonth= and |origdate= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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