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Gorya-class minesweeper

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Minesweeper Vladimir Gumanenko in 2020
Class overview
NameGorya class (Project 12660)
BuildersBaltic Werf
Operators
Preceded byNatya-class minesweeper
Succeeded byAlexandrit-class minesweeper
In commission1988-present
Planned20
Completed2
Cancelled18
Active2
General characteristics
Class and typeGorya class minehunter
Displacement900 tons, 1100 tons full load
Length70 m (230 ft)
Beam12 m (39 ft)
Draught4 m (13 ft)
Propulsion2 × M-503B-37 Diesel engines 5000 hp
Speed16 knots (30 km/h)
Range1,500 nautical miles (2,778.0 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Endurance7 days
Crew60
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Sonar:
  • High frequency, hull mounted, active mine detection
  • Radar:
  • Palm Frond
  • Bass Tilt
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • Minesweeping:
  • AT-2 acoustic sweep
  • GKT-2 contact sweep
  • TEM-3 magnetic sweep
Armament

The Gorya class, Soviet designation Project 12660, are a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1980s. Three ships were started of which two were completed and are in service with the Russian Navy.

Design

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The ships are designed for deep ocean sweeping of captor mines with sophisticated mine detection equipment. Sweeping gear includes two submersibles as well as conventional sweeps. Russian press boasted that the Project 12660 minesweepers were the first sweepers in the history of Soviet military shipbuilding capable of not only destroying the "Captor" mines, "Colas" ASW coverage buoys, and other enemy underwater objects at depths of up to 1000 meters.

Ships

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A total of twenty ships were planned, but the programme was stopped by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Two ships were completed.

Name Hull No. Laid down Launched Commissioned Fleet Status
Anatoly Zheleznyakov 901 1988 Black Sea Fleet Active
Vladimir Gumanenko 811 1994 Northern Fleet Active

See also

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References

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  • Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. London: Conway Maritime. ISBN 0-85177-605-1. OCLC 34284130. Also published as Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7. OCLC 34267261.
  • "1266.0 Admiral Zheleznyakov / Gorya class". Warfare.be. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016.
  • "All Gorya Class Minesweepers - Complete Ship List". Russianships.info.