Oropesa (minesweeping)
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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 British trawler.[6]
See also
References
- ^ minesweepers.org.uk The 'Art' of Minesweeping, May 2013,
- ^ HMAS Castlemaine, minesweeper
- ^ Dinburgh model boat club, WW2 mine sweeping, by Iain Moffatt, 1st July 2005
- ^ 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
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