MAKING THE SEAS SAFE AGAIN. AUGUST 1945, AT SEA IN THE GULF OF GENOA. WITH THE 12TH MINESWEEPING FLOTILLA, OPERATING IN THE GULF OF GENOA UNDER THE COMMAND OF COMMANDER C SIMPSON, DSC, RN, COMMANDER MINESWEEPING WESTERN ITALY. THEY WORK FROM SURRENDERED ENEMY CHARTS AND ARE AIDED BY SUPERMARINE WALRUS AIRCRAFT AND THE US NAVY BLIMP MINE-SPOTTING DETACHMENT. - Other craft keep clear as a cut mine is drawn close by the Minesweeper MUTINE Royal Navy, HMS Mutine, Sloop, (1900)

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