Something more about
minesweeping
These days mine sweeping is
becoming rarely used and (luckily)
replaced by mine hunting.
The main difference between these methods is
when mine are swept, the ship first has to
navigate
over the dangerzone and could touch a mine or
be not far enough away before a mine was made
harmless.
A Minesweeper can be compared with a fish
trawler, who also has to drag all kinds of
tools behind the ship.
To catch mines you don't need nets of course,
but depending the kind of mine you need
cutters, hammers,
electromagnetic cables or a combination of all
these different methods of mine
sweeping.
With the development of the
sonar, a radar for underwater
surveillance, it's common use these days
to
locate mines from a safe distance and when
needed sent a unmanned craft the make the mine
harmless.
That's why the most of the new ships are
"minehunters" and minesweepers are becoming
historical...
You can see different kinds of
minesweeping on this page and download a
description folder of each of them
| Minesweeping description folders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PDF description folder #1 | Mechanical-Sweep | size 922 KB |  |
| PDF description folder #2 | Magnetic-Sweep | size 352 KB | |
| PDF description folder #3 | Acoustic-Sweep | size 465 KB | |
| PDF description folder #4 | Combine-Sweep | size 718 KB | |
| PDF description folder #5 | Sweep-Safety | size 33 KB | |
| PDF description folder #6 | Marlinspike | size 922 KB | |
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