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  1. A number of Dan-Buoys being loaded aboard the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Orara on completion of a ...

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    Maker: Bottomley, Clifford

    A number of Dan-Buoys being loaded aboard the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Orara on completion of a sweep for enemy mines. The Dan-buoys At Sea - Off the Australian Coast. Dan buoys, used to mark off ar...

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    Enemy mines that are swept away from their moorings by minesweepers float on the surface until ...

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    Maker: Bottomley, Clifford

    Enemy mines that are swept away from their moorings by minesweepers float on the surface until they are destroyed by gunfire. Here an officer and four sailors of the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Orara a...

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