Sperrbrecher

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A Sperrbrecher (German; informally translated as "pathfinder" but literally meaning "mine barrage breaker") was a German auxiliary ship of the First World War and the Second World War that served as a type of minesweeper, steaming ahead of other vessels through minefields and detonating them with its reinforced hull.

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