This theory is further supported by historical records, which indicate that a German minelayer had laid 287 mines in the same area shortly before the Trooper arrived, according to Dive magazine.

The Estonian Navy's preparedness The Estonian Navy operates a total of eight vessels: three Sandown-class minehunters equipped with modern mine countermeasure systems, one Lindormen-class minelayer ...

He then spent several months at HMAS Penguin (Mosman NSW) awaiting his next ship which was the HMAS Bungaree, an auxiliary ...

Historical records indicate that at the time, a German minelayer had laid 287 mines in the same area, which would explain the nature of the submarine’s violent demise. Finding the vanished WW2 ...

This prompted Thoctarides and his team to re-examine former German minefields, leading them to the Drache, a minelayer that had laid five minefields north of Donousa on September 26, 1943, the same ...

On 6 December 1941 IJN Minelayer Tatsumiya Maru laid a line of 456 mines from North of Tioman to the Anambas Islands. She most likely struck the mine on the night of 7 December, just one day after the ...

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