Sonya class minesweeper

Russian Navy minesweeper BT-226-Kolomna in 1994
Class overview
Name:	Sonya class (Project 1260)
Operators:	Soviet Navy  Azerbaijani Navy  Bulgarian Navy  Cuban Navy  Russian Navy  Syrian Navy  Ukrainian Navy  Vietnamese People's Navy
Preceded by:	Zhenya class minesweeper
Built:	1971–1991
In commission:	1971 – present day
Completed:	72
Retired:	?
General characteristics
Type:	coastal minesweeper
Displacement:	400 tons standard, 450 tons full load
Length:	48.8 meters
Beam:	8.8 meters
Draught:	2.1 meters
Propulsion:	2 shaft diesel engines 2400 hp
Speed:	15 knots (28 km/h)
Range:	3,000 nautical miles (5,556.0 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance:	10 days
Crew:	43
Sensors and processing systems:	radar: Spin Trough Sonar; MG-89
Armament:	2 - 30mm guns (1x2) 2 x 25mm guns (1x2) Sweeps GKT, PEMT-2, ST-2

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

Design

A wooden hulled coastal minehunter, built as a successor 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.

Ships

A total of 72 ships were built by Uliis yard in the Vladivostok and Avangard yards in Petrozavodsk between 1971 and 1991. One ship, the BT-730, was lost in an accident in 1985. Another unit collided with a Swedish surveillance ship (HMS Orion) east of Gotland in the Baltic in November 1985.^[1]

Russian Navy

26 ships active with 14 in reserve ^[2]

• Baltic Fleet – 5 ships
• Black Sea Fleet – 2 ships
• Northern Fleet – 8 ships
• Pacific Fleet – 8 ships
• Caspian Flotilla – - 3 ships

Ukrainian Navy

2 ships in service

• U330 Melitopol
• U331 Mariupol

Azerbaijan Navy

2 ships in service

Bulgarian Navy

4 ships transferred

Cuban Navy

4 ships transferred

Syrian Navy

1 ship transferred

Vietnamese Navy

4 ships transferred

See also

• List of ships of the Soviet Navy
• List of ships of Russia by project number

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.  Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)

• (English) All Sonya Class Minesweepers - Complete Ship List

Soviet Navy and Russian Navy ship classes after World War II Aircraft carriers Moskva OREL1 Kiev Admiral Kuznetsov Ulyanovsk1 Battlecruisers Kronshtadt 1 Stalingrad 1 Kirov Cruisers Sverdlov Kynda Kresta I Kresta II Kara Slava Destroyers Skoryy Neustrashimy Kotlin Kildin Krupny Kanin Kashin Sovremenny Udaloy Frigates Kola Riga Petya Mirka Koni Burevestnik Gepard Neustrashimyy Novik1 Admiral Grigorovich Admiral Gorshkov Corvettes Poti Pauk Parchim Nanuchka Tarantul Bora Grisha Buyan Steregushchy Gremyashchy P / M / T boats Kronshtadt Komar Osa Shershen Stenka Turya Matka Muravey Sarancha Svetlyak Rubin Minesweepers T43 T58 Yurka Natya Gorya Sasha Vanya Zhenya Sonya Yevgenya Alexandrit Amphibious ships Project 11781 Ivan Rogov Alligator Ropucha Polnocny Dyugon Ivan Gren Mistral Spy ships Primor'ye Balzam Vishnya Yury Ivanov Air-cushioned crafts Gus Lebed Tsaplya Aist Zubr Czilim 2 Patrol icebreakers Ivan Susanin Purga Other vessels SSV-33 Don Ugra Smolnyy Dunay 1 Cancelled. 2 Border Guard service.