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Friday, 8 March 2013

French navy experimenting with converting destroyers into minelayers and minesweepers according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1911-1912 no. 8

An item reported that the French destroyer-minelayer Casablanca which could not participate in the major manoeuvres in last September because her conversion into minelayer now was completed and successfully tested her launching devices. The destroyer Casque was appointed for experiments of conversion this kind of ships into minesweepers.