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Latest revision as of 09:06, 14 July 2019
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
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. Plate 56.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. pp. 150-153.
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