T43-class minesweeper

ORP Dzik, a Polish Navy minesweeper
Class overview
Name	T43 class
Builders	Multiple Soviet shipyards[1] Gdańsk Shipyard[2] Guangzhou Shipyard[3] Wuchang Shipyard[3]
Operators	Soviet Navy  Albanian Naval Force  Algerian National Navy  Bangladesh Navy  Bulgarian Navy  People's Liberation Army Navy  Egyptian Navy  Indonesian Navy  Iraqi Navy  Polish Navy
Preceded by	Fugas-class minesweeper
Succeeded by	T58-class minesweeper
Built	1948[1] - c. 1995[4]
In commission	c. 1950 - present
Completed	200+ (Soviet Union)[1] 60+ (China)[3] 12 (Poland)[2]
General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	Early: 580 tons (full load)[1] Later: 600 tons (full load)[1]
Length	Early: 58 m (190 ft 3 in)[1] Later: 60 m (196 ft 10 in)[1]
Beam	8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)[1]
Draught	Early: 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)[1] Later: 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)[1]
Propulsion	2 x Type 9D diesel engines;[1] 2 shafts[1] Total output: 2,200 bhp (1,600 kW)[1]
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[1]
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)[1]
Complement	65[1]
Sensors & processing systems	Ball End surface search radar[1] Neptun navigation radar[1] Hull-mounted sonar[1]
Armament	2 x twin 37 mm/63 cal. guns[1] 2 x twin 25 mm/80 cal. guns (later ships)[1] 2 x depth charge projectors[1] 16 x naval mines[1]

The T43 (Projet 254) were a class of open-ocean minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy from 1948 to 1957. It was exported to client states; the People's Republic of China and Poland produced additional ships. Some hulls were converted to other uses by various users.^[1] Examples remained in service in 2015.^[5]