THE NAVY REFLOATS A MINESWEEPER IN NAPLES DRY DOCK. 20 TO 24 MARCH 1944. WHEN THE ALLIES TOOK THE PORT OF NAPLES THEY FOUND THAT A 250 FOOT DRY DOCK WAS COMPLETELY USELESS. THE DOCK GATE HAD BEEN DESTROYED, AND COMPLETELY SUBMERGED AND ON THE BOTTOM WERE A 300 TONS ITALIAN AUXILIARY MINESWEEPER, A 60 TONS SCHOONER AND A 150 TONS STEEL BARGE. THE ROYAL NAVY THEN SET ABOUT REMEDYING THE SITUATION, A 150 TONS STEEL DOCK GATE WAS BUILT AND PUT INTO PLACE. EIGHT DAYS ATERWARDS THE SCHOONER AND THE BARGE WERE REMOVED AND THE MINESWEEPER HAD BEEN REPAIRED SO THAT IT WOULD REFLOAT WHEN THE DOCK WAS FL
THE NAVY REFLOATS A MINESWEEPER IN NAPLES DRY DOCK. 20 TO 24 MARCH 1944. WHEN THE ALLIES TOOK THE PORT OF NAPLES THEY FOUND THAT A 250 FOOT DRY DOCK WAS COMPLETELY USELESS. THE DOCK GATE HAD BEEN DESTROYED, AND COMPLETELY SUBMERGED AND ON THE BOTTOM WERE A 300 TONS ITALIAN AUXILIARY MINESWEEPER, A 60 TONS SCHOONER AND A 150 TONS STEEL BARGE. THE ROYAL NAVY THEN SET ABOUT REMEDYING THE SITUATION, A 150 TONS STEEL DOCK GATE WAS BUILT AND PUT INTO PLACE. EIGHT DAYS ATERWARDS THE SCHOONER AND THE BARGE WERE REMOVED AND THE MINESWEEPER HAD BEEN REPAIRED SO THAT IT WOULD REFLOAT WHEN THE DOCK WAS FLOODED. - This shows one of the difficulties in refloating the minesweeper when the dock was flooded. The ship was listing to port, her forepart resting on the ledge higher than the stern
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