I'm currently researching the RN and RM in the Faroes area of the North Atlantic in WW2 and have included a piece on the Northern Barrage series of minefields - Op SN. I want to include images of the following sea mines but am having difficulties finding any: Marks XIV, XIX, XX & XXII. Does anybody have any ideas as where I might find some?
Hi Tony Came across: Mines of the United Kingdom / Britain - NavWeaps - scroll down for WW2 Mk XIV TD
from ww2ni's site https://archive.is/0pTwS/87c4eef97637e7fc4df365bf920a3fb90663b4e8.jpg http://ww2ni.webs.com/greaterbelfastpart2.htm Second World War in Northern Ireland "British Mk14 Sea Mine which can be seen on the waterfront in Portaferry"
TB It would seem that all the Mk's you are looking were of the contact variety, so would assume thet all had "horns" of some shape or form https://maritime.org/doc/minedisposal/index.htm#part3 CHAPTER 2 - BRITISH CONTACT MINES 1 Mine Chart (Table 1) 2 Introduction 3 H II Mark II 5 "T" Mark III 9 Vickers Antenna 11 Mark XIV (Mark XV, XVI and XVII) 15 Mark XIX 21 Mark XIV (Mark XXVII) 25 Mark XX XIXs (Mark XX*) 29 Mark XXII (Mark XXII*) 33 Mark XXV 37 TD
Thanks, TD. I'd already looked at the website and, regrettably, there are no 'live' links in CHAPTER 2 - BRITISH CONTACT MINES to the mines of interest. The only 'live' links to British mines are in Chapter 7 - BRITISH CONTROLLED MINES and none of the mines depicted were laid on Op SN. TB
Frustrating isnt it - still I worked on the principal that it narrowed down the search to specific types on mines - i.e. contact TD
No idea what it could actually contain, might be worth a punt Sea mines and other explosive objects: finding of and information about type and... | The National Archives Reference: HO 199/278 Description: Sea mines and other explosive objects: finding of and information about type and construction. Date: 1940-1945