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BRIZ (61) class

Country of Origin: Bulgaria

 3 BRIZ-class COASTAL MINESWEEPERS (MSC) (ex-Russian SONYA class)

 Name      Pendant    Status
 
BRIZ      61         Active
 
SHEVAL    62         Active
 
PRIBOY    63         Active
 
SHTORM    64         Stricken

These vessels are former Soviet SONYA-class minesweepers.

Two ships of this class were transferred in 1982 and a second pair in 1985. The craft were designed under Valeriy Ivanovich Nemudrov.

HULL: The wooden long-forecastle hull is sheathed in fiberglass; it has full...

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