Fugas-class minesweeper

	Project 53-U vessel T-206 Verp
Class overview
Name	Fugas class (Project 3)
Operators	Soviet Navy; Korean People's Navy;
Succeeded by	T43-class minesweeper
Built	1933–1946
In commission	1936–1961
Completed	44
Lost	19
Retired	25
General characteristics
Displacement	490–535 tons
Length	62 meters
Beam	7.41 meters
Draft	2.5 meters
Installed power	2x1,400 hp (1,000 kW)
Propulsion	diesel engines driving dual screws
Speed	17.5 knots (32 km/h)
Range	7,200 nmi (13,300 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Complement	52–61
Armament	Main guns:; 1 x 100 mm naval cannon B-24 M1936; Anti-aircraft artillery; 1 x 45mm 21-K or ; 1–3 x 37mm 70-K or ; 2 x 25mm 72-K AA guns ; 2 x Oerlikon 20 mm cannon (1942 upgrade in Baltic Fleet); Machine guns; 2 x 12.7mm DK machine gun; 2–4 x DShK machine gun (1942 upgrade in Baltic and Pacific fleets); 2 x M2 Browning machine gun (1942 upgrade in Pacific Fleet); Anti-submarine equipment:; 2 Anti-submarine mortar BMB-1 M1940; 2 depth charge racks; 40 depth charges; Mine warfare equipment:; 21–31 tethered naval mines M1926;

The Fugas class (named for Fougasse) were a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy in the 1930s and 1940s. The Soviet designations were Project 3, Project 53, Project 53-U and Project 58.

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