Daily, therefore, theminesweepers steamed ahead of the fleet to clear the necessary channel.
An army landed on the peninsula might cross the narrow neck of land, demolish the batteries, and free the minesweepers from their destructive fire.
The formation usually adopted by British minesweepers was that shown in Fig.
Out to seaward a flotilla of minesweeperswas busily at work.
Not all of the mines they sow hold to the hastily slipped 'sinkers' till disaster to our shipping or the untiring search of the minesweepers reveals their presence.
The minesweepers toiling in the channels, that we may not meet sudden death; patrols riding out bitter weather in the open to warn us from danger, to succour and assist the remnants of our manning when a blow goes home.
Past the Elbow buoy, we met the minesweepers returning from a sweep of their section.
Minesweepers have limited offshore capability but, if protected, could clear the Danube River and essential parts of its delta.
Romania produces river craft and some smaller types, probably including the inshore minesweepers that operate in the Black Sea.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "minesweepers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
