minesweeping
mine disposal

It is the first time helicopters assist in naval minesweeping.

And minesweeping has been around for years, though i'm not sure its a phrase familiar across the country.

The design had to symbolize the work of both the minesweeping and the anti-submarine personnel.

Thompson began her initial actual minesweeping at the northeast end of known mine lanes.

She was attached to Minesweeping Group 50, based at Sydney.

An agreement by Britain to help in the minesweeping would be of immense help, American officials say.

Unless something distracted him from his minesweeping.

In 1940, Ross was serving with the 5th Minesweeping Flotilla.

Coastal minesweeping is primarily conducted by the Wosao class.

Every task required extensive minesweeping.

The 20th Minesweeping Flotilla completed its task in August 1948.

The ships turned out to be the Royal Navy's 1st Minesweeping Flotilla.

For the next 31 months, Aggressor served with the minesweeping and patrol forces attached to the 5th Naval District.

The next month she was transferred to Minesweeping Squadron, Pacific Fleet.

On 5 June she reported to the North Sea Minesweeping Detachment.

They were classed as Fleet Minesweeping Sloops, that is ships intended to clear open water.

March 6 - American minesweeping of North Vietnamese harbors resumes, primarily employing helicopters.

After commissioning she was assigned to the 18th Minesweeping Flotilla, joining them in June 1943.

On 5 June, she sortied with the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla to clear the assault area.

Here is a snapshot of the 25th Minesweeping Flotilla on 27 March 1943:

Orara was part of the 20th Minesweeping Flotilla.

She was then transferred to Minesweeping Group 63 at Port Adelaide and served until December 1943.

On 20 April 1919, the minesweeper reported for duty with the North Sea Minesweeping Detachment.

Red Sea Minesweeping Recalled Since May 17, five ships have struck mines in the northern half of the gulf.

She resumed her service in the 1st Minesweeping Flotilla in August after her re-fit.

Tracy served as a buoy-laying and mine disposal vessel, arriving off the island on 1 April 1945.

His early service included mine disposal.

"Hell, boy, that's a sight better than Mine Disposal.

The Zagreb was a passenger ship rearranged for mine disposal, serving the German military.

Prince Sadruddin said he had hoped the mine disposal experts would have started training Afghan refugees already.

"Later this year we'll be sending military teams of mine disposal experts into the camps," Prince Sadruddin said.

His first choice was Mine Disposal Training, a horrible bogey which no other man in school dared place on his sheet at all.

The system combines minehunting, minesweeping, mine disposal, surveillance and communication with other naval forces.

The vessel carries clearance divers and Remote Control Mine Disposal Systems.

The first remote sea launch of the Archerfish mine disposal system from Talisman was successfully completed during the trials.

Overall, about forty Americans were killed outright performing the specialized services of bomb and mine disposal in World War II.

Ledbury underwent a docking maintenance period, commencing in June 2009, to fit the new Seafox mine disposal equipment.

February 23 - Five policemen were killed and two wounded by a blast during a mine disposal operation in the east Chechen village of Oyskhara.

In July, YMS-471 ventured into the East China Sea for mine disposal operations.

The RSN was the first navy in the world to fire a deployed expendable mine disposal vehicle, during a live firing on 23 April 2012.

He returned to Australia in 1943 and set up a mine disposal unit at HMAS Cerberus.

In the Second World War, and following on from the increasing use of mines, Vernon took on responsibility for mine disposal and developing mine countermeasures.

In November 2007, it was reported that three companies were shortlisted to compete for the supply of a new one-shot mine disposal system to equip the Bedok-class.

The unit has also participated with mine disposal in the Baltic states and Norway (World War 2 mine disposal).

He was posted to HMS Vernon, as part of the Land Mine Disposal Section responsible for bomb and mine clearance work.

The MCMVs also work closely with the explosive ordnance disposal divers from the Naval Diving Unit for mine disposal.

Again working as mine disposal vessel, Zane was part of Task Group 12.13, the Minesweeping and Hydrographic Survey Group.

During the Korean War, the UDTs operated on the coasts of North Korea, with their efforts initially focused on demolitions and mine disposal.

At 0207 on the 20th, the minesweepers began maneuvering to avoid the main body of the assault force as it entered the gulf and, soon after 0630, they resumed mine disposal activities.

In late 2007 Chiddingfold used the Seafox drone, the Royal Navy's mine disposal system, during Exercise Neptune Warrior off Scotland.