Boats - Sailing - Ships
Apr. 17 Clean Sweep Of War's Aftermath: H.M.S. Woodbridge Haven (centre) support ship, leads eight coastal minesweeper of the British Navy's Far East Fleet from a sweep of 20-year-old mines in potential shipping lanes of North Borneo. In a two-weeks task aimed at aiding an expanding timber trade, they widened safe channels between Borneo and the Philippines and opened Paitan Bay, m unsafe to shipping since World Wat II
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20-year-old Aftermath Aiding Aimed Borneo Channels Clean Expanding H.m.s Haven Lanes Leads Mines Minesweeper Philippines Potential Safe Sweep Task Two-weeks Unsafe Widened Woodbridge
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