| The Landsort is permanently equipped for both minehunting and minesweeping. |
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| At the cessation of hostilities the corvette was based at Hong Kong for minesweeping and patrol duties. |
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| The ship structure is able to meet all minewarfare roles, including surveillance, minelaying, minehunting and minesweeping. |
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| The next minesweeping drill is expected to be held in 2003, Singaporean Coastal Commander Col. |
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| Combatant nations quickly adapted ships to the task of minesweeping, including Australia's 35 civilian ships that became Auxiliary Minesweepers. |
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| A fleet of Fleetwood trawlers was established at Wallasey Dock, Birkenhead, for minesweeping and convoy escort work. |
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| At the outbreak of World War Two he was recruited to the war effort on board fishing boats converted for minesweeping operations. |
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| Despite the use of mines in the American Civil War, there are no records of effective minesweeping being used. |
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| Our systems have been used in major minesweeping actions as far back as the Vietnam era and as recently as Operation Iraqi Freedom. |
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| Moreover, IJN's minesweeping force was far too small with 350 ships, and 20,000 men. |
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| When on operational missions, such as the recent invasion of Iraq, the US still relies on British and Canadian minesweeping services. |
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| Naval Aviation was indispensable to the minesweeping effort. |
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| The mining of Vulcan led to the world's first minesweeping operation. |
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| A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to engage in minesweeping. |
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| It is designed to be deployed by Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk helicopters, themselves launched from Littoral Combat Ships equipped for minesweeping missions. |
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