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The Sonya class, Soviet designation Project 1265 ''Yakhont'', are a group of minesweepers built for the
A total of 72 ships were built by Uliis yard in the
Soviet Navy
The Soviet Navy was the naval warfare Military, uniform service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy made up a large part of the Soviet Union's strategic planning in the event of a conflict with t ...
and Soviet allies between 1971 and 1991.
Design
The Sonya-class ships are wooden hulled coastal minehunters, built as successors to the 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
Vladivostok ( ; , ) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai and the capital of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. It is located around the Zolotoy Rog, Golden Horn Bay on the Sea of Japan, covering an area o ...
and Avangard yards in Petrozavodsk
Petrozavodsk (, ; Karelian language, Karelian, Veps language, Vepsian and ) is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, which stretches along the western shore of Lake Onega for some . The population of the city is 280,890 as of 2022.
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between 1971 and 1991. One ship, ''BT-730'', was lost in an accident in 1985. Another unit collided with a Swedish surveillance ship east of Gotland
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in the Baltic Sea in November 1985.
* 19 ships (2023).
** Baltic Fleet
The Baltic Fleet () is the Naval fleet, fleet of the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea.
Established 18 May 1703, under Tsar Peter the Great as part of the Imperial Russian Navy, the Baltic Fleet is the oldest Russian fleet. In 1918, the fleet w ...
– 4 ships
** Northern Fleet – 5 ships
** Pacific Fleet – 7 ships
** Caspian Flotilla – 3 ships
* 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.
See also
*List of ships of the Soviet Navy
This is a list of ships and classes of the Soviet Navy.
Soviet Ship Type Designations
Corvettes / MPK, MRK
In the Soviet Navy these were classified as small anti-submarine ships (MPK) or small missile ships (MRK).
* (Projects 122A, 122bis ...
* List of ships of Russia by project number
Citations
References
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