Difference between revisions of "Community Vessel Mine Warfare Craft"

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| '''Mine Warfare Boat'''  
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| '''Mine Warfare Craft'''  
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| Laying and clearing mines
 
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| 800 tonnes
 
| 800 tonnes
 
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| 47 m
 
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| 30, Vice Lieutenant
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| Vice Lieutenant
 
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| <small>24 mines</small>
 
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The mine layer/hunter is the smallest and least armed of the three types of small vessels operated by the [[CDF Naval Service|Naval Service]] of the [[Community Defence Forces]].  The nine mine boats, generally comparable to the British Royal Navy’s Waveney class, in the first batch after one hundred million population of [[Sober Thought]] is reached are named M-1 through M-9, the second batch M-10 through M-18, etc.
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This is the smallest combattant boat in the entire '''[[CDF Naval Service|Naval Service]]''' of the '''[[Community Defence Forces]]''' of '''[[Sober Thought]]''', measured by crew.  It is similar to the British Royal Navy’s ''Waveney'' class of minehunters and ''Abdiel'' type of minelayer.  Its superstructure is taken directly from the [[Community Vessel Fast Patrol Craft|fast patrol boat]], while its beam is disproportionately wide to provide a good platform for launching submarine mines.
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The mine warfare boat is designed to lay and clear marine mines, mainly in coastal waters.  Its four launchers are placed on either side of the stern, and the boat carries up to 48 mines in the hold and in racks above deck.  For air defence and light surface defence it has one twin 20 mm guns in the bow and another pair in the stern.
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A Vice Lieutenant is the commanding officer and a Vice Warrant Officer acting as a Boats Petty Officer is the latter's deputy.  Between them, they control a crew of 28 others.  In turn they often report to the Chief Lieutenant on a [[Community Vessel Tender|small craft tender]] based on the hull of a [[Community Vessel Frigate|frigate]].  One tender may have under its control a task detachment of many mine warfare craft, fast patrol craft or both.
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Nine minelayers/sweepers are built for each one hundred million people in [[Sober Thought]].  Because there are so many of them and they are inconsequential in the great scheme of things, they bear numbers only rather than names as well.  The first batch is named M-1 through M-9, the second batch M-10 through M-18, etc.
  
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It is capable of clearing and/or laying mines, and as such it may operate alone in friendly harbours as a naval base defence vessel.  However, it is often found in coastal areas and on the high seas in combination with other mine warfare craft, [[Community Vessel Fast Patrol Craft|fast patrol boats]] and [[Community Vessel Tender|small craft tender]].  The tender provides both munitions and supplies for the mine vessel, as well as the command crew for the task detachment.
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 23:59, 19 April 2006

CDF Naval Service
Community Vessel
Vessel class: Mine Warfare Craft
Role: Laying and clearing mines
Displacement: 800 tonnes
Length: 47 m
Total crew: 30
Captain: Vice Lieutenant

Minewarfare.jpg

This is the smallest combattant boat in the entire Naval Service of the Community Defence Forces of Sober Thought, measured by crew. It is similar to the British Royal Navy’s Waveney class of minehunters and Abdiel type of minelayer. Its superstructure is taken directly from the fast patrol boat, while its beam is disproportionately wide to provide a good platform for launching submarine mines.

The mine warfare boat is designed to lay and clear marine mines, mainly in coastal waters. Its four launchers are placed on either side of the stern, and the boat carries up to 48 mines in the hold and in racks above deck. For air defence and light surface defence it has one twin 20 mm guns in the bow and another pair in the stern.

A Vice Lieutenant is the commanding officer and a Vice Warrant Officer acting as a Boats Petty Officer is the latter's deputy. Between them, they control a crew of 28 others. In turn they often report to the Chief Lieutenant on a small craft tender based on the hull of a frigate. One tender may have under its control a task detachment of many mine warfare craft, fast patrol craft or both.

Nine minelayers/sweepers are built for each one hundred million people in Sober Thought. Because there are so many of them and they are inconsequential in the great scheme of things, they bear numbers only rather than names as well. The first batch is named M-1 through M-9, the second batch M-10 through M-18, etc.

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