单词 | minelaying |
例句 | Original Soviet support for the navy was provided in order to secure a submarine and minelaying base with access to the Mediterranean Sea. Area Handbook for Albania The great increase in projected minelaying operations during the year 1917 made it necessary also to add considerably to the number of minelaying vessels. The Crisis of the Naval War As soon as the German methods of indiscriminate minelaying and submarine attacks upon merchant ships commenced, a great expansion of this force became necessary. The Crisis of the Naval War The result of our minelaying efforts is shown in the following table: Mines laid Deep mines laid Year. in the Heligoland off our own coasts Bight. to catch submarines. The Crisis of the Naval War It was not advisable to carry out minelaying operations in enemy waters during the period near full moon owing to the liability of the minelayers being seen by patrol craft. The Crisis of the Naval War By the end of that year 12 light cruisers, 12 destroyers and flotilla leaders and 5 submarines had been fitted for minelaying. The Crisis of the Naval War In January, 1917, the only vessels equipped for this service were four merchant ships and the Flotilla Leader Abdiel, with a total minelaying capacity of some 1,200 mines per trip. The Crisis of the Naval War Two old cruisers had been added to the minelaying fleet and several other vessels were in hand for the same purpose. The Crisis of the Naval War The rapidity with which ships were added to the minelaying fleet was largely due to his efforts. The Crisis of the Naval War He was further made acquainted with our intended policy of still closer minelaying in the Heligoland Bight. The Crisis of the Naval War A study of these figures gives some idea of the number of targets offered daily to ordinary submarines and minelaying submarines in two of the areas off our coasts. The Crisis of the Naval War It was inadvisable to use merchant ships, since every vessel was urgently required for trade or transport purposes, and the alternative was to fit men-of-war for minelaying. The Crisis of the Naval War Thus for some time after the commencement of minelaying by submarines, the whole of the mines of one submarine would be laid in a comparatively small area. The Crisis of the Naval War |
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