Project 266

**Project 266** p1
Ship data
country	Soviet Union Russia;
Ship type	Anti-mine vehicle
Shipyard	Nevsky shipyard in Pontonny ; Khabarovsk
Construction period	1964 to 1970
Units built	45
period of service	Since 1965
Ship dimensions and crew
length	52.1 m ( Lüa )
width	9.4 m
Draft	Max. 2.65 m
displacement	560 t
crew	56
Machine system
machine	2 × M503M marine diesel
Machine ; performance	2 × 2500 PS (1838) kW
Top ; speed	16 kn (30 km / h)
propeller	2
Armament
	2 × 2 30 mm L / 63 AK-230 ; 2 × 2 25mm L / 70 2M-3 ; 2 × 4 starter for Strela-2 - FlaRak ; 36 × depth charges ; 10 × sea mines ;
Sensors
	Navigation radar Don; MG-69 sonar;

Project 266 code name: Aquamarine ( Russian "Аквамарин" ; NATO designation: Yurka class ) was a class of sea-going mine clearance vessels of the Soviet Navy . The vehicles were built in the Soviet Union from 1964 and were mainly used in the Cold War .

description

Project 266 had a double-walled steel hull, but was equipped with a self-protection system in order not to trigger any sea mines with magnetos. The magnetic field of the fuselage was forty times less than that of the previous project 264 . The motors were mounted on dampers and the propellers were optimized to reduce noise emissions. In the ship's bottom there was a recess for a retractable dome, which contained the sonar systems.

The armament consisted of two 30 mm L / 63 AK-230 anti-aircraft towers in front of and behind the structure, which stood on the longitudinal axis. Later, in addition to the funnel, a 25 mm L / 70 2M-3 twin gun was retrofitted on both starboard and port sides . These weapons were not at the same height, but the starboard gun was positioned a little further back, so that there was still space for a dinghy on the starboard side . Two 250 mm RBU-1200 water bomb launchers were mounted on the forecastle, on either side of the forward anti-aircraft gun.

Whereabouts

45 Project 266 ships were built between 1964 and 1969 for the Soviet Navy in Leningrad and Khabarovsk . The ships were decommissioned in the 1980s.

literature

Ю.В.Апальков: Корабли ВМФ СССР. Том IV - Десантные и минно-тральные корабли. Saint Petersburg, 2007, ISBN 978-5-8172-0135-2 . (Russian)

Web links

Project 266 at russianships.info (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Ю.В.Апальков: Корабли ВМФ СССР. Том IV - Десантные и минно-тральные корабли. Saint Petersburg, 2007, ISBN 978-5-8172-0135-2 , pp. 66 and following

[APAL-1] Ю.В.Апальков: Корабли ВМФ СССР. Том IV - Десантные и минно-тральные корабли. Saint Petersburg, 2007, ISBN 978-5-8172-0135-2 , pp. 66 and following