Sasha-class minesweeper
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Class overview | |
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Name | Sasha class (Project 265) |
Operators | ![]() |
Succeeded by | Vanya class |
Built | 1954–1960 |
In commission | 1954–1992? |
Completed | 37 |
Lost | 1 |
Retired | 36 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Minesweeper |
Displacement | 245 tons standard, 269 tons full load |
Length | 45.1 m (148 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Propulsion | 2 shaft diesel engines 2,200 hp (1,600 kW) |
Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Range | 2,100 nautical miles (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 25 |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Armament |
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The Sasha class is the NATO reporting name for a class of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy between 1954 and 1956. The Soviet designation was Project 265.
Design[]
The specification for the design was issued in 1946. The ships were steel-hulled coastal minesweepers and were to replace wartime T301-class coastal sweepers. Following trials the bow shape was changed to improve sea-keeping and more advanced electronics and sweeps were introduced throughout the service lives of these ships.
Ships[]
At total of 37 ships were built at Rybinsk. The last two ships were retired in 1992.
See also[]
References[]
- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. London: Conway Maritime. ISBN 0851776051. 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 1557501327. OCLC 34267261.
- All Sasha Class Minesweepers - Complete Ship List
Categories:
- Mine warfare vessel classes
- Minesweepers of the Soviet Navy
- Cold War minesweepers of the Soviet Union