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Definitions for minelayer
ˈmaɪnˌleɪ ərminelay·er
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minelayernoun
ship equipped for laying marine mines
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minelayernoun
A ship that lays mines or one designed or intended to lay mines.
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A minelayer is a type of military vessel or vehicle that is designed and used for the purpose of laying mines (explosive devices placed underwater or on land) in order to strategically impact enemy movement or operations. Minelayers can operate on sea, on land, or in the air.
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Minelayer
Minelaying is the act of deploying explosive mines. Historically this has been carried out by ships, submarines and aircraft. Additionally, since World War I the term minelayer refers specifically to a naval ship used for deploying naval mines. "Mine planting" was the term used for installing controlled mines at predetermined positions in connection with coastal fortifications or harbor approaches that would be detonated by shore control when a ship was fixed as being within the mine's effective range. Before World War I, mine ships were termed mine planters generally. For example, in an address to the U.S. Navy ships of Mine Squadron One at Portland, England Admiral Sims used the term “mine layer” while the introduction speaks of the men assembled from the “mine planters”. During and after that war the term "mine planter" became particularly associated with defensive coastal fortifications. The term "minelayer" applied vessels deploying both defensive and offensive mine barrages and large scale sea mining. "Minelayer" lasted well past the last common use of "mine planter" in the late 1940s. An army's special-purpose combat engineering vehicles used to lay landmines are sometimes called "minelayers".
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of minelayer in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of minelayer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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