minesweeper
noun
mine·sweep·er
ˈmīn-ˌswē-pər 
: a warship for removing or neutralizing mines by dragging
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Early last week, NATO's Baltic Sentry mission consisted of three ships: German minesweeper FGS Datteln, Dutch frigate HNLMS Tromp and Dutch hydrographic survey vessel HNLMS Luymes.
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Sarah Dean, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
What To Know Japanese minesweeper tender JS Bungo and minesweeper JS Etajima arrived at Ream Naval Base in Cambodia's southwestern province of Sihanoukville on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand on Saturday.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
Undersea cable would supply clean electricity from the Caucasus
Turkish minesweeper ships look for drifting mines in the Black Sea.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2025
Sea drones survey murky depths At sea, off his coast, the crew of the German minesweeper FGS Datteln is at the sharp end of Baltic Sentry.
—Sarah Dean, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Dean, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
What To Know Japanese minesweeper tender JS Bungo and minesweeper JS Etajima arrived at Ream Naval Base in Cambodia's southwestern province of Sihanoukville on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand on Saturday.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
Undersea cable would supply clean electricity from the Caucasus
Turkish minesweeper ships look for drifting mines in the Black Sea.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2025
Sea drones survey murky depths At sea, off his coast, the crew of the German minesweeper FGS Datteln is at the sharp end of Baltic Sentry.
—Sarah Dean, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
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minesweeper
noun
mine·sweep·er
ˈmīn-ˌswē-pər
: a warship for removing or destroying mines
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