DELVILLE WOOD

LONGUEVAL - SOMME - FRANCE

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Minesweepers of the South African Naval Force in Mediterranean. Converted whalers, 15 ships of this type served in Mediterranean and Aegean Sea. Four of them were sunk : HMSAS Southern Floe (11th February 1941), Parktown (21st June 1942), Bever (30th November 1944) and Treern (12th January 1945).