Editing Minesweeper (section)

{{short description|Vessel for locating and removing naval mines}}
{{other uses}}
[[Image:The Royal Navy during the Second World War A14421.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.15|Minesweeper [[MMS-class minesweeper|''J 636'']] underway in British coastal waters during [[World War II]]]]
[[File:HMS Ulvön - Ystad-2025.jpg|thumb|The Swedish minesweeper HMS ''Ulvön'' visiting [[Ystad]] March 3, 2025]]
A '''minesweeper''' is a small [[warship]] designed to remove or detonate [[naval mine]]s. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, minesweepers keep waterways clear for safe shipping.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military|year=2012|publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford|isbn=9780199891580|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199891580.001.0001/acref-9780199891580-e-5170?rskey=RQ9uw5&result=1&q=minesweeper| chapter=minesweeper}}</ref>