Alexandrit-class minesweeper

Aleksandr Obukhov underway
Class overview
Name	Aleksandrit class
Builders	Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard
Operators	Russian Navy
Preceded by	Gorya class Sonya class
Built	2011–present
In commission	2016–present
Planned	40[1]
Building	5
Completed	9
Active	9
General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	620 tons (standard) 890 tons (full load)
Length	61.0 m (200 ft 2 in)
Beam	10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.68 m (8 ft 10 in)
Installed power	1 × 2,500 hp (1,900 kW) diesel, 2 diesel generators x 315 kW 2 diesel generators x 210 kW
Propulsion	2 × Zvezda M503 diesels
Speed	16.5 knots (31 km/h)
Range	1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Endurance	10 days
Complement	45
Armament	1 × 6 barrels 30 mm AK-630 SAM system "Igla" Mines

The Alexandrit class, Russian designation Project 12700 Aleksandrit (for the mineral alexandrite), is the newest class of Russian minesweepers designed by Almaz and being built by the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard for the Russian Navy. The first ship was laid down on 22 September 2011 and was launched in June 2014. Anywhere between 30 and 50+ ships have been described as envisaged.^[2][3]