Sunday 31 January 2021

The Six Roles Of The Mining Sloop

General view of the busy scene as HMS Welshman is unloaded in Malta
 
 
The mining sloop shall be able to perform a wide variety of tasks,herein we shall list it's six main roles.
 
USS Ozark MCS2 underway off Norfolk Virginia on 31 August 1966 with Mine Sweeping Launches MSL33 31 40 48 47 and 42
 
 
The mining sloop shall conduct mine surveys.
 
USS Terror CM5
 
 
The mining sloop shall conduct surveillance,challenges and boardings when part of a patrolling formation.
 
British Flotilla Leader Abdiel fitted as a minelayer showing mines on board
 
 
The mining sloop shall lay mines and decoys in surveyed areas.
 
USS Catskill MCS1 in the Gulf of Tonkin on 29 June 1969 with Mine Sweeping Launches MSL22 23 27 28 and 29
 
 
The mining sloop shall clear mined areas.

HMS Queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group assembled for the first time during Group Exercise 2020 on 4th October
 
 
The mining sloop shall act as a mine escort to naval formations and merchant convoys.
 
HMS Manxman Underway at speed 7th July 1941
 
 
The mining sloop shall engage air,land and sea targets with guns and missiles when part of a battle formation.