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Zhenya-class minesweeper

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Class overview
NameZhenya class (Project 1252)
Operators Soviet Navy
Preceded byVanya class minesweeper
Succeeded bySonya class minesweeper
Built1960–1973
In commission1960–1990s
Completed3
Lost1
Retired2
General characteristics
Typeminesweeper
Displacement220 tons standard, 300 tons full load
Length42.4 meters
Beam7.9 meters
Draught1.8 meters
Propulsion2 shaft diesel engines 2400 hp
Speed16 knots (30 km/h)
Range2,400 nautical miles (4,444.8 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Crew40
Sensors and
processing systems
radar: Spin trough
Armament
  • 2 – 30mm guns
  • 8 mines
  • Sweeps MT-1, MTSh

The Zhenya class were a group of three minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1960s.

The ships were a glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) hulled version of the Vanya class minesweeper

Three ships were built:

  • Komsmolets Turkmenii - blew up in August 1989
  • Komsomolets Buryatii - scrapped 1990s ?
  • BT-177 - scrapped 1990s ?

See also

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}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |pridate= and |month= (help) 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. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |origmonth= and |origdate= (help)