|  Russian Navy minesweeper German Ugryumov in 2015. | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sonya class (Project 1265) | 
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Zhenya class | 
| Succeeded by | Alexandrit class | 
| Built | 1971–1991 | 
| In commission | 1971–present | 
| Completed | 72 | 
| Retired | ? | 
| General characteristics | |
| Type | coastal minesweeper | 
| Displacement | 400 tons standard, 450 tons full load | 
| Length | 48.8 m (160 ft) | 
| Beam | 8.8 m (29 ft) | 
| Draught | 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) | 
| Propulsion | 2 shaft diesel engines 2,400 hp (1,800 kW) | 
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) | 
| Range | 3,000 nautical miles (5,556.0 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) | 
| Endurance | 10 days | 
| Complement | 43 | 
| Sensors and processing systems | 
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| Armament | 
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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.
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

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]
- 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 service.
- U330 Melitopol
- U331 Mariupol
 
- 2 ships in service.
- 4 ships transferred.
- 4 ships transferred.
- 1 ship transferred.
- 4 ships transferred.
See also
Citations
- ↑ "Катастрофа базового тральщика БТ-730 в бухте Цыпнаволок 27.11.1985г" [Accident of the base minesweeper BT-730 in Tsypnavolok Bay on 27 November 1985]. Navycollection.narod.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ↑ "1265 Yakhont/Sonya class | Russian Military Analysis". Warfare.ru. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- 1 2 "Coastal minesweeper - Project 1265". Russianships.info.
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. 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.
- "All Sonya Class Minesweepers - Complete Ship List". Russianships.info.
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