Argentine Trawlers for the Arctic Ocean Flotilla

• Main Authors: Roman V. Lapshin, Nicholas W. Mitjukov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Academic Publishing House Researcher 2014
• Subjects: Russian north; World War I; mine-sweeping activities; danger from mines; hist; scipo; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Argentine; Russian North
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.13187/er.2014.86.1910CrossRef; http://www.erjournal.ru/journals_n/1416770017.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/d96a081670f44b558cdab27c5ec6cd6b

During World War I, the Russian government, which had underestimated the significance of danger to north freights from mines, had been unable to efficiently stave off German operations. For that reason, an entire fleet of fishing trawlers was acquired from foreign countries, which were used as mine-sweeping vessels. This paper addresses the service of Argentine trawlers.