T-217 seagoing minesweepers (project 266) (1963 - 1970)

T-217 1963

Komsomolets Belorussii 1979

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Project 266
T-217, 5.1966- MT-217, 1976- Комсомолец Белоруссии [Komsomolets Belorussii]		980	363 Yd, Pontonnyy	25.11.1960	16.8.1962	30.7.1964	stricken 4.1990
T-159, 5.1966- MT-159		981	363 Yd, Pontonnyy			4.7.1964	stricken 4.1990
T-62, 5.1966- MT-62		982	363 Yd, Pontonnyy			5.11.1964	stricken 4.1990
T-205, 5.1966- MT-205, 1976- Гафель [Gafel']		983	363 Yd, Pontonnyy			11.2.1965	stricken 3.1992
T-47, 5.1966- MT-47, 1970- Новгородский комсомолец [Novgorodskiy Komsomolets]		984	363 Yd, Pontonnyy			30.5.1965	stricken 6.1993
T-63, 5.1966- MT-63		985	363 Yd, Pontonnyy			20.12.1965	stricken 3.1992
Арсений Раскин [Arseniy Raskin]		990	363 Yd, Pontonnyy			1965	stricken 4.1990
T-73, 5.1966- MT-73, 1976- Вице-адмирал Костыгов [Vitse-admiral Kostygov]		991	363 Yd, Pontonnyy			30.12.1965	stricken 3.1992
Евгений Никонов [Evgeniy Nikonov] (ex-T-94)		992	363 Yd, Pontonnyy			21.1.1966	stricken 3.1992
T-6, 5.1966- MT-6		993	Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy			10.5.1966	stricken 3.1992
Александр Казарский [Aleksandr Kazarskiy]		994	Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy			30.8.1966	stricken 4.1990
MT-72 (ex-T-72)		995	Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy			30.9.1966	stricken 6.1993
Борис Сафонов [Boris Safonov]		996	Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy			15.11.1966	stricken 7.1994
MT-18 (ex-T-18)		997	Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy			7.1.1967	stricken 6.1993
MT-179 (ex-T-179)		998	Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy			18.1.1967	stricken 6.1993
MT-163 (ex-T-163)		999	Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy			2/1967	stricken 4.1990
MT-253 (ex-T-253)		970	Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy			31.7.1967	stricken 7.1994
MT-209 (ex-T-209)		971	Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy			30.8.1967	stricken 3.1992
Иван Маслов [Ivan Maslov]		972	Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy			7.10.1967	accommodation vessel 2.1993
MT-219		973	Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy			5.1.1968	stricken 4.1990
MT-223, 8.1968- Григорий Вакуленчук [Grigoriy Vakulenchuk]		974	Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy			12.6.1968	stricken 3.1992
Павел Мальков [Pavel Malkov] (ex-MT-226)		975	Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy			31.12.1968	stricken 6.1993
Иван Сивко [Ivan Sivko]		987	Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy			9.7.1969	stricken 3.1992
Адмирал Соколов [Admiral Sokolov]		901	Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy			31.8.1969	stricken 6.1993
Афанасий Матюшенко [Afanasiy Matyushenko]		902	Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy			1969	stricken 3.1992
T-86, 5.1966- MT-86		50	Khabarovsk SY			23.11.1963	stricken 6.1987
T-53, 5.1966- MT-53		51	Khabarovsk SY			31.12.1964	stricken 5.1989
T-58, 5.1966- MT-58		52	Khabarovsk SY			30.9.1965	stricken 4.1990
MT-27 (ex-T-27)		53	Khabarovsk SY			30.6.1966	stricken 5.1989
MT-80 (ex-T-80)		54	Khabarovsk SY			12.12.1966	stricken 6.1991
MT-82 (ex-T-82)		55	Khabarovsk SY			12.11.1967	stricken 3.1992
MT-238 (ex-T-238)		56	Khabarovsk SY			13.10.1967	stricken 7.1994
MT-242		57	Khabarovsk SY			30.9.1968	stricken 6.1993
MT-193		58	Khabarovsk SY			31.12.1968	stricken 6.1991
MT-200		59	Khabarovsk SY			31.12.1968	stricken 3.1992
MT-208		60	Khabarovsk SY			15.12.1969	stricken 7.1994
MT-263		61	Khabarovsk SY			30.9.1969	stricken 6.1993
MT-257, 4.1984- Вице-адмирал Сабанеев [Vitse-admiral Sabaneev]		62	Khabarovsk SY			12.12.1969	stricken 6.1993
MT-221		63	Khabarovsk SY			31.8.1970	to Vietnam 6.1981 (HQ885)
Мичман Павлов [Michman Pavlov]		64	Khabarovsk SY			31.12.1970	stricken 9.1992
Мина [Mina]		65	Khabarovsk SY			31.12.1970	to Vietnam 1980 (HQ851)
Project 266E
MT-...			Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy			1968	to Egypt 1970 (أسوان [Aswan])
MT-...			Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy			1968	to Egypt 1970 (جيزة [Ghiza])
MT-...			Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy			1969	to Egypt 1971 (قنا [Qena])
MT-...			Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy			1969	to Egypt 1971 (سوهاج [Sohag])

Displacement standard, t	519
Displacement full, t	560
Length, m	52.1
Breadth, m	9.40
Draught, m	2.65
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 M-503B diesels
Power, h. p.	5000
Max speed, kts	16
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	1500(12)
Armament	to 1969: 2 x 4 Strela-3 SAM (16 9M36), 2 x 2 - 30/71 AK-230M, 2 DCR (36), 10 mines, BKT or MT-1D or PST-1 or PPT-1 mechanical, TEM-2 magnetic, PAUT, AT-3 acoustic minesweeping gear, 2 200m HsZ-1M or ShZ-2 mine clearing line charges after 1969: 2 x 4 Strela-3 SAM (16 9M36), 2 x 2 - 30/71 AK-230M, 2 DCR (36), 10 mines, BKT or MT-1D or PST-1 or PPT-1 mechanical, TEM-3 magnetic, PAUT, AT-3 acoustic minesweeping gear, 2 200m HsZ-1M or ShZ-2 mine clearing line charges
Electronic equipment	Rym-K, MR-104 Rys', Don radars, MG-69 Lan' sonar
Complement	56

Project history: The preliminary design for the next ocean minesweeper, Project 266, was completed in 1957; the engineering design was approved in 1959. The main improvement, compared to previous designs, was internal protection against mine explosions. Signatures were also drastically reduced: compared to those of Project 264A, magnetic by a factor of 40, electric (UEP) by a factor of 10-15, acoustic by a factor 3-4, and hydrodynamic (pressure) by 20 to 30%. The hull was built of low-magnetic steel and an automatic control adjusted the degaussing field for, eg, eddy currents generated in the hull as the ship rolled. The design used slow-turning quite propellers as well as rubber damping materials on machinery foundations. Project 266 had special electro-optical sights to detect floating mines.

Project 266 was designed to employ new sweeps, to deal with influence mines at depths from 25 to 150m. The ship also had a capacity to take extra sweeps on board (eg, net sweeps, bottom sweeps). A recent design history mentions automated operation und remote control of sweeps, guns, engines and other equipment.

The main gap in the design was the absence of a sonar to detect bottom mines.

Modernizations: 1969, all: - TEM-2 magnetic sweeping gear; + TEM-3 magnetic sweeping gear

Naval service: No significant events.

1980

SOVIET/RUSSIAN NAVY (USSR/RUSSIA)

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