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Class overview
NameYurka class (Project 266 Rubin)
Operators
Preceded byT58-class minesweeper
Succeeded byNatya-class minesweeper
In commission1963-1990s
Completed52
General characteristics
Displacement540 tons
Length52 meters
Beam9.4 meters
Draught2.6 meters
Propulsion2 M-503 Diesel engines 5000 hp
Speed16 knots (30 km/h)
Range1,500 nautical miles (2,778.0 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Endurance7 days
Crew68 (6 officers)
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • Minesweeping:
  • AT-2 acoustic sweep
  • GKT-2 contact sweep
  • TEM-3 magnetic sweep
Armament
  • 2х2-30 mm AK-230
  • 2 х5 RBU 1200
  • 7 AMD-1000 naval mines or 32 depth charges
  • underwater mine searcher MKT-210
  • Sweeps BKT, AT-3, TEM-4

The Yurka class were a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy and export customers between 1963 and 1970. The Soviet designation was Project 266 Rubin.

Design

A new ocean minesweeper design was requested in 1957 to follow the T43 class minesweeper into the Soviet Navy. The design was approved in 1959 and entered service in 1963. Major improvements in mine detection and anti mine explosion protection were implemented. Magnetic, acoustic and electric signatures were reduced. The hull was built of low magnetic steel.

Ships

Soviet Navy

About 41 ships were built for the Soviet Navy, One ship was lost to an accidental explosion in the Black Sea in 1989. All the Ships were decommissioned by the mid-1990s

Egyptian Navy

Fours ships transferred in 1969 - in service 2008

Vietnam Navy

Two ships transferred in 1979 - in service 2008

See also

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.

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