Sonya-class minesweeper

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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 minesweeper 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 (A201) east of Gotland in the Baltic Sea in November 1985.

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