1939 ⟶ Intact Magnetic Mine Recovered, Leading to Degaussing
The Luftwaffe drops in the mud an intact magnetic mine off S...
Year
1939
💡 Intact Magnetic Mine Recovered, Leading to Degaussing
The Luftwaffe drops in the mud an intact magnetic mine off Shoeburyness at the mouth of the Thames Estuary. Once salvaged, Admiralty scientists invented degaussing that greatly decreased the danger represented by magnetic mines.⟶
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🚢 HMS Belfast Damaged by German Mine
The new German strategy of planting magnetic mines in the British seas obtains its first major success when a mine planted by the U-52 in the Firth of Forth put the light cruiser HMS Belfast out of service until the autumn of 1942.⟶
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