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ˈmine·lay·er N NAUT

minelayer

Minenleger(in) m (f)

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She operated as a minelayer, and undertook seven patrols in this role. en.wikipedia.org

Her design made her suitable for conversion to a minelayer. en.wikipedia.org

The term minelayer applied vessels deploying both defensive and offensive mine barrages and large scale sea mining. en.wikipedia.org

That battleship was in drydock and its position was occupied by the light cruiser and the minelayer. en.wikipedia.org

Coastal batteries were manned and a small squadron of one minelayer and a few gunboats was deployed. en.wikipedia.org

A naval minelayer can vary considerably in size, from coastal boats of several hundred tonnes in displacement to destroyer-like ships of several thousand tonnes displacement. en.wikipedia.org

At the last moment, the officers decided that the sub may be a minelayer, and the rudder was turned hard to avoid the collision. en.wikipedia.org

Designed as a minelayer, she carried 400 mines. en.wikipedia.org

She does not appear to have been much used in that role and was converted to a minelayer in 1937. en.wikipedia.org

It also damaged or sank three cruisers, three destroyers, one minelayer. en.wikipedia.org

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