A Royal Navy mine counter-measures vessel, the HMS Brocklesby, last week located and destroyed a mine containing 100 kg of high explosives outside of the Misrata harbour.
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A Royal Navy mine counter-measures vessel, the HMS Brocklesby, last week located and destroyed a mine containing 100 kg of high explosives outside of the Misrata harbour.
Click here for Royal Navy press statement.
Filed under Libya, Mediterranean, News, UK
The French naval vessel the Courbet stopped several Libyan patrol boats on 29 April that were in the process of attempting to lay mines outside the Misrata harbour. Three mines were discovered in the waters. This is a new danger for civilian ships and boats in Libyan waters. (HT to Bruxelles2).
Click here (FR) for French Ministry of Defence statement.
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