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minelayer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of minelayer
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Odessa and Sevastopol were bombarded, a minelayer and gunboat were sunk.
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Courageous also was temporarily fitted as a minelayer in April 1917, but never actually laid any mines.
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In November 1917, Cluverius became responsible for the conversion of the steamer SS Massachusetts to a minelayer.
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These units would be transported to Guam by nine transports escorted by the minelayer Tsugaru and four destroyers.
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All the ships had sailed through a new line of mines placed secretly by the Ottoman minelayer Nusret 10 days before.
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In 1918, Stearns was posted to the USS Roanoke, a civilian ship converted into a minelayer, where he eventually took command.
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They were based on a pre-war Oberkommando der Marine concept of vessels which could fill roles such as fast minesweeper, minelayer, merchant escort and anti-submarine vessel.
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The ship was temporarily fitted as a minelayer in April 1917 by the addition of mine rails on her quarterdeck that could hold over 200 mines, but never actually laid any mines.
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The first attempt on 8 August was unsuccessful, as it had taken too long to clear the Russian minefields to allow the minelayer Deutschland to lay a minefield of her own.
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The Finnish Navy was a coastal defence force with two coastal defence ships, five submarines, four gunboats, seven motor torpedo boats, one minelayer and six minesweepers.
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- Ship equipped for laying marine mines
- Minelaying is the act of deploying explosive mines. Historically this has been carried out by ships, submarines and aircraft. Additionally, since World War I the term minelayer refers specifically to a naval ship used for deploying sea mines. ...
- A minelayer is designed to lay naval mines; however, it often performs additional tasks such as serving as an MCS, a training ship, or a patrol vessel.
- Cruiser nuclear submarine
