The Bird-class minesweeper was a class of naval trawlers built for the Royal New Zealand Navy and which served during the Second World War. A total of...
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Lapwing-class minesweeper, often called the Bird class, was an early "AM-type" oceangoing minesweeper of the United States Navy. Seven ships of the class were...
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Bird" Bird-class minesweeper, of the Royal New Zealand Navy Lapwing-class minesweeper, often called the Bird class, of the U.S. Navy Bird-class patrol vessel...
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The Ton class were coastal minesweepers built in the 1950s for the Royal Navy, but also used by other navies such as the South African Navy and the Royal...
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The Adjutant-class auxiliary motor minesweepers were built for the United States Navy throughout the 1950s and 1960s, even as late as 1978. Most were loaned...
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HMNZS Kiwi (T102) (category World War II minesweepers of New Zealand)
HMNZS Kiwi (T102) was a Bird class minesweeper of the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was commissioned in 1941 for minesweeping and anti-submarine roles. From...
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after birds, therefore the class was nicknamed: ptaszki (English: birdies). The first minesweepers in the Polish Navy were the German minesweepers of the...
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HMNZS Moa (T233) (category World War II minesweepers of New Zealand)
was a Bird-class minesweeper of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) that served during World War II. The first of three Bird-class minesweepers, Moa displaced...
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Corvette (section Tarantul-class corvette)
Australian minesweepers, or as minesweeping sloops by the Royal Navy, and were named after Australian towns. The Bird-class minesweepers or trawlers...
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HMNZS Tui (T234) (category World War II minesweepers of New Zealand)
HMNZS Tui (T234) was a Bird-class minesweeper of the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was commissioned in 1941 for minesweeping and anti-submarine roles. Tui...
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Corvette 1952 1979 HMNZS Killegray T174 Isles class Minesweeper 1941 1946 HMNZS Kiwi T102 Bird class Minesweeper 1941 1948 1951 1946 1949 1956 AS MS Training...
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USS Rail (AM-26) (category Lapwing-class minesweepers)
Lapwing-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first U.S. Navy ship named for the rail, a small wading bird, related...
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medium-sized wading bird belonging to the family Charadriidae. Lapwing may also refer to: Lapwing class minesweeper, a mine warfare class Lapwing Publications...
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USS Frigate Bird (AMS/MSC-191) was a Bluebird-class minesweeper acquired by the US Navy for clearing coastal minefields. The second ship in the Navy to...
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John Westell (section Ocean Bird trimaran class)
he volunteered for the Royal Navy Reserve and helped deliver a Bird-class minesweeper to the New Zealand Navy. He returned to become a sub-lieutenant...
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commissioned between 1993 and 1999. The ships of this class were named after various types of birds. The 12 ships are 187 feet 10 inches (57.3 m) long,...
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accentor, a bird most notably the hedge sparrow. USS Accentor (AMc-36), was a coastal minesweeper and the lead ship of the Accentor class. USS Accentor (LCIL-652)...
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Tree-class trawler Type 139 patrol trawler Trawlers of the Royal Navy Minesweepers of the Royal New Zealand Navy Robert Gardiner (ed. dir.), Conway's All...
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USS Frigate Bird (AMc-27) was a Frigate Bird-class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields...
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Trafalgar-class submarine Fearless-class landing platform dock Ton-class minesweeper Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel Bird-class patrol vessel Ford-class...
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The Bird-class patrol vessel was a class of large patrol boat built for the Royal Navy. There were five in total: Kingfisher, Cygnet, Peterel, Sandpiper...
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April 1943 A Bird-class minesweeper that was sunk by Japanese aircraft. USS Monssen United States Navy 13 November 1942 A Gleaves-class destroyer that...
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(born 1981), a Brazilian footballer USS Ortolan (AM-45), a Lapwing-class minesweeper in the United States Navy USS Ortolan (AMCU-34) earned four battle...
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RV Calypso (category BYMS-class minesweepers)
she is built of Oregon pine. She was a British yard minesweeper (BYMS) Mark 1 class motor minesweeper, laid down on 12 August 1941 with yard designation...
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built to Admiralty specification to operate as minesweepers and/or anti-submarine boats. Thirteen Castle-class naval trawlers were commissioned. Apart from...
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Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander; Cundall, Peter (2008–2018). "IJN Second Class Destroyer SANAE: Tabular Record of Movement". www.combinedfleet.com (Revision...
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titles containing Accent Accenture, company Accentor, a bird species Accentor-class minesweeper, ship Ascent (disambiguation) This disambiguation page...
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1918–1946 US Navy minesweeper USS Avocet (AMCU-16), a 1953–1960 US Navy minesweeper Avocet, a 1986 prototype locomotive of the British Rail Class 89 This disambiguation...
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USS Lapwing (AM-1) (category Lapwing-class minesweepers)
was the lead ship of her class of minesweeper – the first minesweeper of the United States Navy. She was named after a bird, the lapwing, an abundant...
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TD4D Quail, an unmanned drone aircraft USS Quail (AM-15), a Lapwing-class minesweeper Charles E. Quail (1841—1910), American politician Paul Quail (1928—2010)...
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