Zhenya class minesweeper
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The Zhenya class were a group of three minesweepers
built for the Soviet Navy
in the late 1960s
The ships were a glass-reinforced plastic
(GRP) hulled version of the Vanya class minesweeper
Three ships were built:
Minesweeper (ship)
A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...
built for the Soviet Navy
Soviet Navy
The Soviet Navy was the naval arm of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy would have played an instrumental role in a Warsaw Pact war with NATO, where it would have attempted to prevent naval convoys from bringing reinforcements across the Atlantic Ocean...
in the late 1960s
The ships were a glass-reinforced plastic
Glass-reinforced plastic
Fiberglass , is a fiber reinforced polymer made of a plastic matrix reinforced by fine fibers of glass. It is also known as GFK ....
(GRP) hulled version of the Vanya class minesweeper
Vanya class minesweeper
The Vanya class were a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy between 1960 and 1973. The Soviet Designation was Project 257-Design:...
Three ships were built:
- Komsmolets Turkmenii - blew up in August 1989
- Komsomolets Buryatii - scrapped 1990s ?
- BT-177 - scrapped 1990s ?