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MINE WARFARE SHIPS

T-301 minesweepers (projects 255 and 255K) (1948-1953)

T-229 1950

T-230 1963

T-565 1963

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
T-229     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-230     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-301     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-302     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-303     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-304     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-305     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-306     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-307     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-308     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-309     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-310     189 Yd, Leningrad     1948 stricken 60s/70s
T-311     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-312     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-313     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1949 stricken 60s/70s
T-314     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-315     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-316     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-322     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-327     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-328     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-340     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-341     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-342     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-343     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-344     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-345     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-346     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-347     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-348     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-349     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-350     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-392     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-393     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-394     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-395     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-396     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-397     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-398     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-399     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-400     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-436     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-437     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-438     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-442     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-443     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-444     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-445     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-446     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-447     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-448     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-449     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-450     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-451     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-452     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-453     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-454     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-455     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-456     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-528     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-529     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-530     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-531     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-532     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-533     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-551     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-552     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-553     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-554     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 1964
T-555     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 1964
T-564     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-565     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-566     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 1964
T-569     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 1961
T-574, 5.1966- มา-574 [BT-574]     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-587     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1953 auxiliary 1960s
T-622, 5.1966- มา-622 [BT-622]     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1953 stricken 60s/70s
T-632, 5.1966- มา-632 [BT-632]     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-642, 5.1966- มา-642 [BT-642]     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-651     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-652     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-653     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-654     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-655     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-726     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-731     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-741     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-742     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-743     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-744     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-745     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-745     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
T-746     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s
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T-...     341 Yd, Rybinsk     1948/53 stricken 60s/70s

Data in this table are presumable only. About 143 ships were completed (lead ship on 189 Yd (Baltic Wks) in Leningrad, others in 341 Yd, Rybinsk). Ships were commissioned in 1948 - 1950 by project 255 (11 ships) and in 1951 - 1953 by project 255K (132 ships).

Transfers: Albania (6): 1957- 2 pr. 255K, 1959- 2 pr. 255K, 1960- 2 pr. 255K

Bulgaria (4): 1951- 2 pr. 255K, 1954- 2 pr. 255K

Egypt (2): 1962- 2 pr. 255K

Indonesia (1): 1962- 1 pr. 255K

Iraq (4): 1967- 4 pr. 255K

Displacement standard, t

project 255: 140

project 255K: 148

Displacement full, t

project 255: 160

project 255K: 161

Length, m

36.0 wl 38.0 oa

Breadth, m

5.70

Draught, m

1.56

No of shafts

3

Machinery

project 255: 3 Superior diesels

project 255K: 3 3D-12 diesels

Power, h. p.

project 255: 480

project 255K: 690

Max speed, kts

project 255: 10

project 255K: 12

Fuel, t

diesel oil 10
Endurance, nm(kts) 500(10)

Armament

pr. 255: 2 x 1 - 45/68 21KM, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 DCR (12), 12 mines, OTSh-1 or MT-3 mechanical, PEMT-4 magnetic, BAT acoustic minesweeping gear

pr. 255K: 2 x 1 - 45/68 21KM, 2 x 2 - 12.7/79, 2 DCR (12), 12 mines, OPT-1 or MT-3 mechanical, PEMT-4 magnetic, 2x BAT-2 acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

Tamir-10 sonar

Complement

35 - 37

Project history: Development of 253L project with usage of new anti-mine equipment. First 11 ships were built with lend-lease engines, minesweepers of project 255K received Soviet diesels. Till January, 1949 these ships were rated as minesweepers, later as inshore minesweepers, since May, 1966 as coastal minesweepers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: 6 minesweepers of project 255K were transferred to Albania in 1957 (2), 1959 (2) and 1960(2), 4 to Bulgaria in 1954, 2 to Egypt in 1962, 1 to Indonesia in 1962.

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ฉ Ivan Gogin, 2009-15