Submarine Mine Type II (UK)

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Submarine Mines Type I and II[1]

The British Submarine Mine Type II was a moored mine designed to be fired from 21-in torpedo tubes.[2]

Characteristics
Weight of Mine, primed 527 lbs.
Weight of sinker 670 lbs.
Total Weight in air 1197 lbs.
Total Weight in water 415 lbs.
Charge 220 lbs. Amatol
Total length, mine and sinker 7 ft 6 in
Total length of sinker 3 ft 6 in
Diameter 21 in.


Action of Laying and Detonation

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. Plate 56.
  2. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. pp. 150-153.

Bibliography

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