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 | | The ships concerned were the minesweepers HMS Lioness, the leader of the flotilla, Lysander, Laertes, Maenad, Michael, Minstrel and Magicenne. |
 | | On the way to the football field they found the mines, in a field, apparently the natives had found a method of bringing the mines ashore, and they used the explosives to make small charges to use for exploding in the sea and blowing fish to the surface. |
 | | We returned to Singapore and after a short period, we paid off into reserve, I was drafted to HMS Maenad, as coxswain, one of the Algerians was sold to the Siamese Navy, and the crews of the remaining ships were drafted to ships in the Far East Fleet. |
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