Wednesday 13 June 2012

Sardinian Minehunting - the Minecountermeasure vessel LEDBURY helped to blow up a Second World War mine found off Sardinia's busiest port in the Bay of Cagliari.   The operation was a joint effort by the divers from the LEDBURY and their Italian counterparts.     The LEDBURY was on patrol as part of a NATO Task Group (Standing NATO Mine-Countermeasures Group 2) in the Mediterranean and has served with this formation since the beginning of the year alongside Turkish, Spanish, Italian and German vessels, but the six month tour of duty of the British ship is due to finish at the end of the month.      The LEDBURY launched the remote controlled robot mine disposal system SEAFOX, which beamed back a live video feed to the Operation Rooms during the operation.      There was however was so much marine growth on the mine that it needed a firsthand inspection from the specialist mine clearance divers carried on the LEDBURY.

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