Oropesa (minesweeping)

Oropesa minesweeping float
For other uses, see Oropesa (disambiguation).

An oropesa is a streamlined towed body used in the process of minesweeping. The role of the oropesa is to keep the towed sweep at a determined depth and position from the sweeping ship.[1][2][3][4] Oropesa are standard devices used on Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships.[5]

The device derives its name from the ship on which it was developed, HMS Oropesa, a converted British steam trawler.[6]

  1. ^ minesweepers.org.uk The 'Art' of Minesweeping, May 2013,
  2. ^ HMAS Castlemaine, minesweeper
  3. ^ "Dinburgh model boat club, WW2 mine sweeping, by Iain Moffatt, 1 July 2005" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  4. ^ The Friends of the Canadian War Museum, Minesweeping, by Capt (N) (Ret'd) M. Braha
  5. ^ AN/SLQ-38 Federation of American Scientists, Standard Mechanical Minesweep
  6. ^ History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, page 114, By Samuel Eliot Morison