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| Picture No | 10640214 |
| Date | August 1914 |
| Description | Minesweeper trawling for mines in the North Sea, WW1 |
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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.
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| Source | Unattributed illustration in The Bystander, 12 August 1914, p363 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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