An oropesa is a streamlined towed body used in the process of
minesweeping
Minesweeping is the practice of removing explosive naval mines, usually by a specially designed ship called a minesweeper using various measures to either capture or detonate the mines, but sometimes also with an aircraft made for that purpos ...
. The role of the oropesa is to keep the towed sweep at a determined depth and position from the sweeping ship. Oropesa are standard devices used on
''Avenger''-class mine countermeasures ships.
The device derives its name from the ship on which it was developed,
HMS ''Oropesa'', a converted British steam trawler.
[''History of United States Naval Operations in World War II'', page 114, By Samuel Eliot Morison]
See also
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References
External linksVrienden van de Koninklijke Marine. , Mechanical minesweeping
{{Commonscat, Oropesa (minesweeping)
Minesweepers