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Yurka (HQ-851) class (Vietnam)

Country of Origin: Vietnam


 2 YURKA-class OCEANGOING MINESWEEPERS (MSO)(ex-Russian Project 266/266E)
 Name              Pendant    Launched         Commissioned      Status

 HQ-851            HQ-851     April 28, 1971   June 30, 1971     Active
    (ex-Russian MINA)
 HQ-885            HQ-885     Oct. 21, 1969    Aug. 31, 1970     Active
    (ex-Russian MT-221)

The YURKA class (HQ-851 in Vietnamese service) are oceangoing minesweepers designed in the Soviet Union. Two of these units are currently in...

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