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2. Aggressive-class minesweeper - Wikipedia

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   Magnetic sweeping, with a towed device producing a magnetic field to trigger magnetic mines. To protect the minesweeper itself against magnetic mines, the hull and superstructure of the ship are made of wood. Other components are made of non-magnetic materials, and any magnetic materials are strictly controlled.

3. List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy

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   BYMS-class minesweeper (150 ships, launched 1941–1943) British-built acoustic / magnetic motor minesweepers Cybele class (2 ships, launched 1943) towed pressure-mine detonating vessels Ton-class minesweeper (116 ships, launched 1952–1959) open-water minesweepers, minehunters and mine countermeasures vessels

4. List of minesweeper classes - Wikipedia

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   MMS-class minesweeper (403 ships, launched 1940—1945) inshore acoustic / magnetic motor minesweepers; Algerine-class minesweeper (98 ships, launched 1941—1945) twin-screw multi-role minesweeping sloops; Catherine-class minesweeper (22 ships, transferred from the US Navy in 1941 under the Lend-Lease program) twin-screw multi-role ...

5. Minesweeping - Wikipedia

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   The distance sweep mimics the sound and magnetism of a ship and is pulled behind the sweeper. It has floating coils and large underwater drums. It is the only sweep effective against bottom mines. During the Second World War, RAF Coastal Command used Vickers Wellington bombers Wellington DW.Mk I fitted with degaussing coils to trigger magnetic ...

6. This 'Lawn Sweeper' Literally Vacuums Your Leaves—And ... - AOL

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   This lawn sweeper picks up leaves, pine needles, and twigs in the yard with a simple push. It's much easier to use than a rake and you can get it on Amazon. ... As if all that wasn’t enough, it ...

7. List of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy

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   Mine warfare consists of: minelaying, the deployment of explosive naval mines at sea to sink enemy ships or to prevent their access to particular areas; minesweeping, the removal or detonation of naval mines; and degaussing, the process of decreasing or eliminating a remnant magnetic field in a ship's hull to prevent its detection by magnetic mines.