Minesweeper
device · 1905 · Electric age
A ship for clearing mines.
What it is made of
- Mechanical sweep cable — has part. It cuts the mine moorings.
- Magnetic minesweeping cable — has part. It simulates the ship’s field.
- Sonar — has part. Searching for mines.
Principles and materials it uses
- Landmine — uses. Against sea mines.
- Wood — is made of. Minesweepers were built of wood so as not to trigger magnetic mines.
- Steel — is made of. The sweep is a steel cable.
What it is a kind of
- Watercraft — is a kind of. A ship.