Oropesa (minesweeping)

An oropesa is a streamlined towed body used in the process of minesweeping. The role of the oropesa is to keep the towed sweep at a determined depth and position from the sweeping ship.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Oropesa are standard devices used on Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships.^[5]

The device derives its name from the ship on which it was developed, HMS Oropesa, a converted British steam trawler.^[6]

References

^ minesweepers.org.uk The 'Art' of Minesweeping, May 2013,
^ HMAS Castlemaine, minesweeper
^ "Dinburgh model boat club, WW2 mine sweeping, by Iain Moffatt, 1 July 2005" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
^ The Friends of the Canadian War Museum, Minesweeping, by Capt (N) (Ret'd) M. Braha
^ AN/SLQ-38 Federation of American Scientists, Standard Mechanical Minesweep
^ History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, page 114, By Samuel Eliot Morison

External links

Vrienden van de Koninklijke Marine. , Mechanical minesweeping

[1] sweepers.org.uk The 'Art' of Minesweeping, May 2013,

[2] HMAS Castlemaine, minesweeper

[3] "Dinburgh model boat club, WW2 mine sweeping, by Iain Moffatt, 1 July 2005" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.

[4] The Friends of the Canadian War Museum, Minesweeping, by Capt (N) (Ret'd) M. Braha

[5] AN/SLQ-38 Federation of American Scientists, Standard Mechanical Minesweep

[6] History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, page 114, By Samuel Eliot Morison

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