Minesweeper trawling for mines in the North Sea, WW1
A minesweeper trawling for mines in the North Sea on the outbreak of the First World War. A wire rope attached to a weight is dragged along the seabed, which drags the mines away from their anchorage
Picture No
10640214
Media ID
46145021
Size
5904px x 3207px
(2.9MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed illustration in The Bystander, 12 August 1914, p363
Date
August 1914
