Sonya-class minesweeper
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Soviet coastal minesweeper class
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| Russian Navy minesweeper German Ugryumov in 2015.
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| 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 & 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
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]
- c. 20 ships (as of 2025)[2] [3]
- Baltic Fleet – 4
- Northern Fleet – 6[3]
- Pacific Fleet – 7
- Caspian Flotilla – 3?
- 2 ships in former service.
- U330 Melitopol (Decommissioned 2012)
- U331 Mariupol (Decommissioned 2013)
- 2 ships in service.
- 4 ships transferred.
- 4 ships transferred.
- 1 ship transferred.
- 4 ships transferred.[4]
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. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- ^ a b "Coastal minesweeper - Project 1265". Russianships.info.
- ^ "Ngạc nhiên chiến hạm vỏ gỗ của Hải quân Việt Nam" (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 16 September 2025.
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.
Categories:
- Mine warfare vessel classes
- Minesweepers of the Soviet Navy
- Cold War minesweepers of the Soviet Union
- Minesweepers of the Azerbaijani Navy
- Minesweepers of Azerbaijan
- Minesweepers of the Bulgarian Navy
- Minesweepers of the Cuban Navy
- Minesweepers of the Russian Navy
- Minesweepers of Russia
- Minesweepers of the Syrian Navy
- Minesweepers of the Ukrainian Navy
- Minesweepers of Ukraine
- Minesweepers of the Vietnam People's Navy