Another weird one. This aluminum and fibreglass thing was found floating, someone picked it up and brought it ashore. Looks like the top handle is maybe a pivoting flagpole, The "handhold" area looks much too light to have been used for towing or anchoring... In the image below the remains of eys are somewhat visible, so it can't have been too serious, but so far no one can figure out what it is.
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Er ... Handle? Handhold?
I have no explanation, but this here is what it is:
https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisworth/comments/1cisi1l/mine_sweeper_float_mk_19_naval_air_systems/
I think it might be some kind of paravane. I doubt it’s military due to the hi-viz orange color. Probably something for setting fishing nets or lines. That’s my guess.
I'm thinking it was used for training, hence the orange color.
Ok, now there are two of them. Not quite the same. The reddit one is in much better condition. It doesn't seem likely that it's towed, so it just floats around? There doesn't seem to be electronics on board...
I'm not gonna pretend to be any kind of an expert but as far as I can see they are towed, at least a pair of them, and they hold minesweeping cables at a specific depth. According to this page, that is actually a flag pole on top:
https://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/navy/galery-e.aspx@section=2-E-4-b&id=1&page=0.html
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