Operation Zarin
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Operation Zarin was a German minelaying operation off the north-western coast of the islands of Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Ocean. The operation was conducted between 24 September and 28 September 194
Admiral Hipper, Norway, 1942
The Minelayer Ulm at anchor
Minelayer
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A minelayer is any warship, submarine, military aircraft or land vehicle that is capable of deploying explosive mines. Since World War I, the term "minelayer" refers specifically to a naval ship used
Canadian sailors with a mine aboard the minelayer HMCS Sankaty off Halifax, Nova Scotia in World War II.
Amiral Murgescu of the Romanian Navy, a successful World War II minelayer that was also employed as a destroyer escort
Swedish minelayer Älvsborg (1974)
Finnish Navy Hämeenmaa-class minelayer FNS Uusimaa