Vanya-class minesweeper

	Project 257DM "Vanya-class" minesweeper
Class overview
Name	Vanya class (Project 257)
Operators	Soviet Navy; Bulgarian Navy; Syrian Navy;
Preceded by	Sasha class
Succeeded by	Zhenya class
Built	1960–1973
In commission	1960–1990s
Completed	47
Lost	1
General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	200 tons standard; 260 tons full load;
Length	40.2 m (131 ft 11 in)
Beam	7.9 m (25 ft 11 in)
Draught	1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	2 shafts; Diesel engines, 1,600 kW (2,200 hp);
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range	2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	30
Sensors &; processing systems	Radar: Don 2 Sonar: MG-69 Lan mine-search, MG-25
Armament	2 × 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-230M guns; 8 naval mines; Sweeps MT-1, MTSh;

The Vanya class were a series of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy between 1960 and 1973. The Soviet designation was Project 257.