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| Picture No | 12688905 |
| Date | 1939 |
| Description | Volunteer mine-sweeper trainees lowering weight, Sept 1939 |
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Volunteer mine-sweeper trainees lowering a weight over the side of a boat to keep their paravane at the correct depth. Volunteers, most commonly fishermen, were trained by the British Navy towards the end of 1938 and throughout 1939 as mine-sweepers in order to allow the Navy to direct their attention elsewhere.
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| Source | Unattributed photographer in ‘The Sphere’, 30 September 1939, page 487 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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