BRITAIN'S SMALLEST MINESWEEPERS SWEEP PORT OF RAVENNA. MARCH 1945, RAVENNA. AFTER THE 8TH ARMY HAD TAKEN THE PORT OF RAVENNA ON THE ADRIATIC COAST, IT WAS FOUND THAT ENEMY MINES WERE LAID IN SUCH SHALLOW WATER THAT EVEN MINESWEEPING MOTOR LAUNCHES, COULD NOT SWEEP THE AREA WITHOUT CERTAIN CASUALTIES. IT WAS THEN THAT LANDING CRAFT (VEHICLE) MINESWEEPERS WENT INTO ACTION FOR THE FIRST TIME, SETTING THE RECORD FOR THE SMALLEST MINESWEEPERS IN THE ROYAL NAVY. - Sub Lieut R S Mortimer, RNVR, of High Wycombe, Commanding Officer of the flotilla of LC(V)'s, with Weston, ship's dog mascot

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