Vice-admiral Sabaneev | Trackpads Warship Archive

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Hull / pennantMT-257, Vice-admiral Sabaneev

ClassProject 266 Aquamarine / Yurka class

NavySoviet Navy

CountrySoviet Union

Builder / shipyardKhabarovsk Shipyard

Laid down1968-12-20

Launched1969-09-06

Completed1969-12-26

Recorded statusDecommissioned

What is known about this ship

Vice-admiral Sabaneev is one ship in this Soviet/Russian mine-warfare lineage.

Service history

Decommissioned in 1993 according to the project roster.

Class context: Project 266 Aquamarine / Yurka class

Project 266 was the Soviet Union’s first large postwar serial seagoing-minesweeper family in this archive, documented by all 41 domestic hulls.

Later service and disposition

Decommissioned in 1993 according to the project roster.

Class relationship

This ship is recorded as a member of Project 266 Aquamarine / Yurka class. Shared design history belongs on the class page; this page concentrates on the individual hull where evidence is available.

Sources and further reading

Seagoing minesweeper — Project 266 ↗RussianShips.info · accessed 2026-09-20

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