Yevgenya-class minesweeper

Russian Navy minesweeper RT-71 in 2012.
Class overview
Name:	Yevgenya class (Project 1258)
Operators:	Soviet Navy  Azerbaijani Navy  Cuban Navy  Russian Navy  Syrian Arab Navy  Ukrainian Navy  Vietnam People's Navy
Built:	1967–1980
In commission:	1967–present day
Completed:	45
Retired:	?
General characteristics
Type:	inshore minesweeper
Displacement:	88.5 tons standard, 94 tons full load
Length:	26.13 meters
Beam:	5.9 meters
Draught:	1.3 meters
Propulsion:	2 shaft diesel engines 850 hp
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h)
Range:	300 nautical miles (555.6 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Crew:	10
Sensors and processing systems:	MG-7 sonar
Armament:	2–14.5 mm machine guns Sweeps MT34, SEMT-1, AT-2, Neva, GKT-3

The Yevgenia class are a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy and export customers between 1967 and 1980. The Soviet designation was Project 1258 Korund.

Design

These were small minehunters built for inshore work. The hulls were constructed of glass-reinforced plastic.

Ships

• Angolan Navy - 2
• Russian Navy - about 45 in service in 1995
• Azerbaijan Navy - 5 ships
• Bulgarian Navy - 4 ships in service ^[1]
• Cuban Navy - 11 ships transferred
• Indian Navy - 7 ships transferred
• Iraqi Navy - 3 ships (transferred in 1975)
• Mozambique - 2 ships transferred
• Nicaraguan Navy - 4 ships (ex Cuban)
• Syrian Navy - 5 ships transferred
• Ukrainian Navy - 1 ship in service ( U136 Henichesk )
• Vietnam Navy 2 ships
• Yemen Navy - 2 ships transferred

See also

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

References

Notes

Sources

• 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. 
• (English) All Yevgenya Class Minesweepers - Complete Ship List