According to information published by Tass on March 17, 2022, the Baltic Fleet’s minesweepers Leonid Sobolev, Leonid Perepech, and Viktor Sigalov have detected and neutralized all sea mines planted by a simulated enemy during an exercise.
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Project 10750 minesweeper Leonid Perepech (Picture source: VK)
During the exercise, the minesweepers detected all the 16 training anchored and bottom mines, thus providing safe navigation for the ships, the press office added.
Project 10750 is a class of small minesweeper of the Soviet and Russian navies, which was developed to search for sea mines in port entrances, ports, and rivers. Nine vessels were built by the Soviet Union and later by Russia in 1986 for the Russian Navy. Since then, the construction of eight more has started.
The hulls of Project 10750 are made of fiberglass, have a double bottom, and are divided into nine watertight compartments. To search for underwater contacts, a dome with a Kabarga-A1 sonar is built into the hull.
On the aft of the ship, there is a working platform on which a 5.3-tonne crane is mounted, with which the search robot and minesweeping gear can be brought in and out.
The boats are armed with a 30 mm turret AK-306 on the forecastle. In addition, two Strela-2 anti-aircraft missiles can be used against flying targets.
