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Minesweepers (noun): Naval ships or vessels designed for the purpose of detecting and destroying naval mines in the water to ensure safe navigation for other vessels
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Minesweepers in an open formation are like a brick wall.
It needed little break waiting patrol minesweepers.
All minesweepers were splashed with near misses.
We also can not forget the minesweepers.
Minesweepers tried to clear the minefield.
We can not continue without minesweepers or torpedo boats.
The minesweepers were essentially defenseless should an attack occur.
Not far away were several LSTs and minesweepers.
Two minesweepers were sunk in these operations.
The large battery itself was focusing on minesweepers and destroyers.
The minesweepers then shifted operations to the coastline.
The second strike hit and sank the minesweepers.
The minesweepers had already passed.
Ham class minesweepers.
Minesweepers accompany the formation.
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Most served as minesweepers or convoy escorts.
Minesweepers use many tools in order to accomplish their task.
It is now planned for minesweepers to quickly create a safe passage.
Minesweepers were greatly admired by their peers because of their bravery.
It trained on minesweepers and submarines.
Minesweepers are on the same course.
The decommissioning left the country with only four minesweepers.
The minesweepers were all bracketed.
We have homemade minesweepers.
The minesweepers broke off.
Across the water we can hear the jazz from a minesweepers gramophone.
We have homemade minesweepers and we are driving through real bad.
These rats are also much faster at finding landmines than human minesweepers.
These minesweepers were also employed as patrol vessel and convoy escorts.
Larger numbers of older and less capable minesweepers were mainly used in riverine operations.
Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.
The gunboats made threatening maneuvers but never actually attacked the minesweepers.
Several minesweepers and trawlers converged on the site and rescued the survivors.
They are also highly critical to the work of minesweepers and unexploded ordnance disposal teams.
The minesweepers were equipped with portable vans containing highly sophisticated electronic surveillance equipment.
Königsberg and the other three cruisers covered the fleeing minesweepers before retreating under a smoke screen.
The minesweepers continued their work as the heavy ships moved slowly up Leyte Gulf.
The convoy headed into heavy weather and high winds and the two minesweepers turned back.
Two other Japanese minesweepers were also damaged by mines.
Most of the crew of the Endurance served on minesweepers.
Several ROKN patrol craft and minesweepers supplemented this force.
The Flowers were the first ships designed as minesweepers.
This made it impossible for Allied minesweepers to clear the heavily mined river.
The term MCMV is also applied collectively to minehunters and minesweepers.
These were later used to power minesweepers for the Volksmarine.
Close escort was provided by the destroyer Westcott and two minesweepers.
She proceeded to Bermuda as an escort for minesweepers when the squadron was recalled.
Six British battlecruisers supported a force of light cruisers that attacked the German minesweepers.
At least four Alexandrit class minesweepers are planned.
All five minesweepers were involved in clearing two minefields off Port Stanley.
