Seagoing Minesweeper "Turbinist" (Project 226M / Natya class)

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Seagoing Minesweeper "Turbinist"

Morskoy Tral'shchick - seagoing minesweeper. Standard general-purpose oceangoing minesweeper; also intended as a coastal ASW escort in wartime. Production resumed in the 1990's, apparently mainly for export, but several of the new units were acquired by the Russian navy. Later units vary in weapons and electronics.

Specifications
Year:	1972
Displacement:	873 tons full load
Speed:	16 knots
Dimensions:	61 x 10.2 x 3.6 meters/200.1 x 33.5 x 11.8 feet
Propulsion:	2x Diesel Engines M-503B, 5,000 hp, 2 shafts
Crew:	68
Radar:	Low Trough I-Band
Sonar:	MG-79 Mizen' mine detection
Fire Control:	Drum Tilt H/I-Band
Missiles:	2x Twin Grail Launchers (10x Grail SAM)
Guns:	2x2 30-mm AK-230 guns in twin turrets (2500 rounds) 2x2 25-mm 2M-3M-230 guns in twin turrets 500 rounds)
Ect. armament:	2x5 RBU-1200 AS mortars (25 rounds) 1 or 2 GKT-2 contact sweeps, 1 AT-2 acoustic sweep, 1 TEM-3 magnetic sweep