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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate	Modification
(ex-MT-68, ex-T-68)			532 Yd, Kerch', USSR	16.2.1952	31.7.1952	31.12.1952 // 1.1968	to USSR 12.1968 (MT-68)	project 254
محافظة [Sharkiya] (ex-T-497)	304, 1978- 650, 1987- 504		363 Yd, Pontonnyy, USSR	25.12.1953	4.8.1954	30.9.1954 // 6.1956	stricken 2002	project 254K
دقهلية [Dakahliya] (ex-T-498)	305, 1978- 672, 1987- 507		363 Yd, Pontonnyy, USSR	19.1.1954	14.8.1954	31.10.1954 // 6.1956	in service (2019)	project 254K
سيناء [Sinai] (ex-T-499)	302, 1978- 679, 1987- 513		363 Yd, Pontonnyy, USSR	4.3.1954	9.9.1954	18.11.1954 // 6.1956	in service (2019)	project 254K
أسيوط [Assiut] (ex-T-500)	303, 1978- 657, 1987- 516		363 Yd, Pontonnyy, USSR	29.3.1954	22.9.1954	30.11.1954 // 6.1956	in service (2019)	project 254K
بحرية [Bahariya] (ex-MT-809, ex-T-809)	301, 1978- 659, 1987- 522, 1990- 510		532 Yd, Kerch', USSR	21.4.1954	19.8.1954	27.10.1954 // 12.1967	stricken 2004	project 254K
غربية [Gharbiya] (ex-MT-810, ex-T-810)	306, 1978- 656, 1987- 533, 1990- 501		532 Yd, Kerch', USSR	17.5.1954	6.9.1954	31.10.1954 // 8.1967	stricken 2002	project 254K
منيا [Minya] (ex-MT-509, ex-T-509)	302		363 Yd, Pontonnyy, USSR	8.9.1954	2.2.1955	6.8.1955 // 2.1970	sunk 6.2.1970	project 254M

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	pr. 254: 500 pr. 254K: 510 pr. 254M: 540
Displacement normal, t	pr. 254: 569 pr. 254K: 577 pr. 254M: 600
Length, m	pr. 254, 254K: 58.0 pr. 254M: 59.1
Breadth, m	pr. 254: 8.52 pr. 254K, 254M: 8.50
Draught, m	pr. 254: 2.25 pr. 254K: 2.28 pr. 254M: 2.33
No of shafts	2
Machinery	pr. 254: 2 9D diesels pr. 254K, 254M: 2 9D or 9DM diesels
Power, h. p.	2200
Max speed, kts	pr. 254, 254K: 14 pr. 254M: 14.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	pr. 254, 254K: 3200(10) pr. 254M: 3500(10)
Armament	pr. 254: 2 x 2 - 37/70 V-11/V-11M, 4 x 2 - 12.7/79, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (22), 16 - 8 mines (8 AMD-1000 or 10 KB-3 or 16 obr. 1908/39), MT-1 or MT-1P mechanical, TEM-52 magnetic, 2 BAT-2 acoustic minesweeping gears pr. 254K: 2 x 2 - 37/70 V-11/V-11M, 4 x 2 - 12.7/79, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (22), 16 - 8 mines (8 AMD-1000 or 10 KB-3 or 16 obr. 1908/39), MT-2 mechanical, TEM-52 magnetic, 2 BAT-2 acoustic minesweeping gears pr. 254M: 2 x 2 - 37/70 V-11/V-11M, 2 x 2 - 25/112 2M-3M, 2 x 2 - 14.5/89, 2 x 2 - 12.7/79, 2 DCT (10), 16 - 8 mines (8 AMD-1000 or 10 KB-3 or 16 obr. 1908/39), MKT-1 mechanical, TEM-52M magnetic, BGAT acoustic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	pr. 254: Rif or Giuys-1M, Rym-K or Neptun radars, Tamir-10 sonar pr. 254K: Lin', Rym-K radars, Tamir-10 sonar pr. 254M: Lin', Rym-K radars, Tamir-11 sonar
Complement	pr. 254: 65 pr. 254K: 68 pr. 254M: 77

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Project history

Former Soviet project 254, 254K and 254M seagoing minesweepers.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Minya was sunk in the Gulf of Suez by Israeli aircraft 6.2.1970.