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Re: Sea mines

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Post by Sturm78 » 10 Dec 2020, 17:03

Thanks a lot for your help, Natter :)

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Re: Sea mines

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Post by Sturm78 » 03 Mar 2021, 01:15

Hi all,

Any idea about this ?

Image from Ebay
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Re: Sea mines

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Post by Natter » 03 Mar 2021, 02:04

Sturm78 wrote:
03 Mar 2021, 01:15
Any idea about this ?
It's a Sprengboje D (ie sweep-obstruction, placed in front of the minelines to destroy the enemy's mechanical sweepwire/-cutters).

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Re: Sea mines

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Post by Sturm78 » 03 Mar 2021, 22:38

Natter wrote
It's a Sprengboje D (ie sweep-obstruction, placed in front of the minelines to destroy the enemy's mechanical sweepwire/-cutters).
Thank you very much for your help, Natter. :wink:
I didn`t know this device

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Re: Sea mines

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Post by Sturm78 » 08 Mar 2021, 23:55

Hi all,

An image from Ebay. Any idea about the exact model of these mines ?

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Re: Sea mines

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Post by ROLAND1369 » 11 Mar 2021, 18:21

Based on the two round access plates the lifting rings on the top, and the upper and lower straight horns my best guess would be a UMB line. Note that the dragline may or may not be present however in the condition shown by the pic would be unlikely to be visible. See pic. Source id is Deutche Minenraumdienstvorschrift Nr 13.
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Re: Sea mines

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Post by Sturm78 » 22 Jun 2021, 22:26

Hi all,

An image from Ebay. Accodring to photo caption, Dunkirk

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Re: Sea mines

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Post by tigre » 30 Oct 2021, 16:26

Hello to all :D; a little more.........................

With humor.

Source: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hamburger-Illu ... 1195.m1851

What kind of sea mine is it? A German mine from WW1? Cheers. Raúl M 8-).
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Re: Sea mines

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Post by Sturm78 » 21 Nov 2021, 11:15

Hi all,

According to photo caption, mines on Romanian Amiral Murgescu minelayer
I think probably that mines are of German origin. Any idea ?

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Re: Sea mines

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Post by ROLAND1369 » 21 Nov 2021, 16:45

They appear to be German EMC mines.

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Post by Sturm78 » 23 Nov 2021, 21:47

Thank you, ROLAND1369

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Re: Sea mines

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Post by CNOCK » 10 May 2022, 15:52

Hello,

looking for identification of this mine,

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Re: Sea mines

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Post by Natter » 10 May 2022, 23:31

tigre wrote:
30 Oct 2021, 16:26
What kind of sea mine is it? A German mine from WW1?
German Type II C/12 mine from WW1.

It was renamed EMA or EMB according to configuration (ie Einheitsmine Typ A / B) by Kriegsmarine up to and including their brief use in WW2. It was the most common german mine used in WW1.
The EMA and EMB was identical in apparance, but had different chargeweight (150kg for A and 220kg for B) and lenght of anchorwire (100m for A and 150m for B).

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Re: Sea mines

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Post by Natter » 10 May 2022, 23:40

CNOCK wrote:
10 May 2022, 15:52
looking for identification of this mine,
Looks like a pre-WW2 british T Mk III mine to me.

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Re: Sea mines

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Post by tigre » 11 May 2022, 12:29

German Type II C/12 mine from WW1.
Thanks for the info on that mine Natter :wink:. Cheers. Raúl M 8-).

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