Minesweeping
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Minesweeping is the practice of removing explosive naval mines, usually by a specially designed ship called a minesweeper using various measures to either capture or detonate the mines, but sometimes
An MH-53E from HM-15 tows a minesweeping sled while conducting simulated mine clearing operations.
Minesweeper USS Tide after striking a mine off Utah Beach, 7 June 1944. Note her broken back, with smoke pouring from amidships.
An MH-53E of the United States Navy towing an MK105 mine sweeping sled
HNLMS Piet Hein (1927)
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HNLMS Piet Hein was an Admiralen-class destroyer operated by the Royal Netherlands Navy between 1928 and 1942. She was designed to also serve as a minelayer, and spend most of her career in the Dutch
HNLMS Piet Hein at full speed off the Dutch East Indies in 1937
Japanese destroyer Asashio crippled and sunk Piet Hein in the Badung Strait.
Piet Hein anchored off the Netherlands in 1935