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that are moored just below the surface. Minehunters are designed to seek out mines and destroy them individually, particularly against more advanced modern mines, which sit on the seabed and can be programmed to target specific vessel types (see
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509:"Magnetic Discretion of Naval Propulsion Machines"
450:Exploitation of a Ship's Magnetic Field Signatures
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47:verification
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1631:Minehunters
1524:Mother ship
1363:Repair ship
1262:Minesweeper
1138:Patrol boat
1093:Armed yacht
815:Dreadnought
802:Battleships
629:Naval ships
394:Minesweeper
328:CAPTOR mine
190:Description
176:naval mines
152:German Navy
18:Mine hunter
1641:Navy stubs
1636:Ship types
1625:Categories
1550:Ship types
1509:Guard ship
1383:Submarines
1318:Depot ship
1252:Minehunter
435:References
370:minehunter
362:Royal Navy
307:submarines
239:fiberglass
168:minehunter
80:newspapers
1257:Minelayer
1072:Troopship
1000:Transport
966:Escorteur
946:Destroyer
687:Broadside
655:auxiliary
650:submarine
313:Operation
250:degaussed
248:, or are
1499:Flagship
1232:Danlayer
1103:Corvette
981:Kaibōkan
850:Cruisers
742:CAM ship
697:Casemate
633:warships
388:See also
379:Katanpää
300:Cold War
265:harbours
215:magnetic
211:acoustic
186:(MCMV).
1543:Related
1519:Monitor
1453:Wet sub
1298:Collier
1216:Shin'yō
1211:PT boat
1108:Gunboat
971:Frigate
702:Turrets
366:Sandown
349:US Navy
204:charges
138:US Navy
94:scholar
1448:U-boat
1176:E-boat
1143:Q-ship
929:Escort
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415:Lerici
381:-class
368:-class
355:-class
353:Osprey
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991:Sloop
936:Aviso
552:(PDF)
541:(PDF)
523:(PDF)
512:(PDF)
332:sonar
292:mines
196:sonar
170:is a
101:JSTOR
87:books
1582:stub
1421:DSRV
1206:MTSM
631:and
479:ISBN
454:ISBN
373:The
360:The
347:The
246:hull
235:wood
213:and
73:news
1201:MTM
1196:MTB
1186:MGB
1181:MAS
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