Sonya-class minesweeper

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

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 (6.9 ft)
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:
  • Radar: Spin Trough
  • Sonar: MG-89
Armament:
  • 1 × twin 30 mm guns
  • 1 × twin 25 mm guns
  • Sweeps GKT, PEMT-2, ST-2

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]

 Russian Navy

 Ukrainian Navy

  • 2 ships in service.
    • U330 Melitopol
    • U331 Mariupol

 Azerbaijani Navy

  • 2 ships in service.

 Bulgarian Navy

  • 4 ships transferred.

 Cuban Revolutionary Navy

  • 4 ships transferred.

 Syrian Arab Navy

  • 1 ship transferred.

 Vietnam People's Navy

  • 4 ships transferred.

See also

References
  1. "Военно-Морская Коллекция -> Корабли". Navycollection.narod.ru. 1985-11-27. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  2. "1265 Yakhont/Sonya class | Russian Military Analysis". Warfare.ru. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
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