Category:Mines (DE)
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The British believed the types and characteristics were as follows.[1]
| Type | Charge | Weight pounds |
Buoyancy | Length of Shell inches |
Maximum dimensions inches |
notes |
| I | 180 pounds wet gun cotton | 560 | 250 | 42 | 31.5 | early type laid on Scarborough Raid and off Ireland |
| II | 290 pounds wet gun cotton | 710 | 320 | 46 | 31.5 | used from minelayers |
| II small | 54 pounds hexanite | 324 | – | 37 | 25 | for use by above-water minelayers |
| III & early IV |
220 pounds T.N.T. | 620 | 200 | 37 | 34 | later type to replace Type I and possibly Type II |
| IV UC 5 type |
220 pounds T.N.T. | – | – | 41.75 | 34 | Type III for submarine minelaying |
| V | 361 pounds T.N.T. | 835 | 281 | 46 | 34 | ditto |
| VI | unknown | – | – | – | – | ditto |
Footnotes
- ↑ German Navy: Part IV, Section 3. Torpedoes, Mines, Etc.. pp. 19-20.
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