Zhenya-class minesweeper
Project 1252 'Izumrud' were a group of three minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1960s. The ships were a glass-reinforced plastic -hulled version of the preceding wooden-hulled. They were intended to be a prototype of an advanced design, instead the Soviet Navy returned to wooden-hulled minesweeper construction with the following. Of the three minesweepers, one was lost in an explosion in 1989 and the fate of the other two is unknown.
Description and design
The minesweepers of Project 1252 'Izumrud' were a GRP-hulled trial version based on the preceding wooden-hulled. They had a standard displacement of and fully loaded. They measured long with a beam of and a draught of. The vessels were powered by two diesel engines each turning a propeller shaft creating. The Zhenya class had a maximum speed of and range of at and at.The vessels were armed with twin-mounted /65 calibre guns. They also carried six naval mines. The Zhenya class was equipped with "Spin Through" and "Don I" surface search radar and "Two Square Head" identification friend or foe. They had a complement of 40.