minelayer in English

noun
1
a warship, aircraft, or land vehicle from which explosive mines are laid.
Navy Romanian naval forces in the Black Sea consisted of four Italian-built destroyers, four torpedo boats, three submarines, three minelayers , one submarine depot ship, three gunboats, and one training ship.

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1. Mi-2 Platan Aerial minelayer version.

2. She was converted to a light minelayer and accordingly redesignated DM-22 on 30 June 1937.

3. Arriving at Philadelphia on 11 July 1920, she was converted to a light minelayer and reclassified DM-6.

4. She was slightly damaged in a collision in Stokes Bay with the minelayer C4 on 17 March 1913.

5. There, she was converted to a minelayer and, on 17 July 1920, she was redesignated DM-1.

6. On 5 January 1931, Breese was redesignated as a light minelayer, with the hull classification symbol of DM-18.

7. In January 1940 Echo was deployed with the 12th Flotilla at Scapa Flow for minelayer escort and patrol duties.

8. The first attempt on 8 August was unsuccessful, as it had taken too long to clear the Russian minefields to allow the minelayer Deutschland to lay a minefield of her own.

9. George Armistead was acquired by the Navy from the Army Coast Artillery at Charleston, S.C., on 6 January 1945; renamed Barbican and designated an auxiliary minelayer, ACM-5, on 19 January 1945; converted for naval