manslayer

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More than 100 Iranian naval vessels have been severely damaged, destroyed or sunk, including four Soleimani-class warships known as corvettes, more than 30 minelayers and a drone carrier, U.S. officials say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

More than 65 Iranian naval vessels have been severely damaged, destroyed or sunk, including four Soleimani-class ships, upward of 30 minelayers and a drone carrier, the White House said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Classes were lined up below their different silhouettes: cruisers, minelayers, destroyers, frigates, monitors, minesweepers, torpedo boats.

From The Guardian • Oct. 23, 2010

The point was that R.A.F. minelayers* and United Nations submarines had been able to disturb important German shipping routes.

From Time Magazine Archive

The first was the knowledge that the Germans themselves had laid minefields in some portions of the Bight, and it was necessary for our minelayers to give such suspected areas a wide berth.

From The Crisis of the Naval War by Jellicoe, John Rushworth Jellicoe, Earl