Type V Mine (DE)

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The German Type V Mine was made especially for use by submarine minelayers, but it could be sown by any vessel equipped with vertical minelaying tubes. The British found that these weapons were slight variations of the earlier Type IV. By mid-1917, these were the largest German mines found to date, as they featured a 12 inch cylindrical extensive to their charge.[1]

Characteristics[2]
Weight 835 lbs.
Charge 361 lbs. T.N.T.
Buoyancy 281 lbs.
Height 46 in.
Diameter 34 in.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ German Navy: Part IV, Section 3. Torpedoes, Mines, Etc.. pp. 19-20.
  2. ↑ German Navy: Part IV, Section 3. Torpedoes, Mines, Etc.. pp. 19-20.

Bibliography

  • Admiralty (July, 1917). German Navy: Part IV, Section 3. Torpedoes, Mines, Etc. (C.B. 1182) The National Archives. ADM 186/228.

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