The Hidden Threat (3 reviews)
Imprint: Pen & Sword Maritime
Found in: Maritime History Books
Hardback
168 pages
ISBN: 9781848842724
Published: 18 July 2011
Mines and Minesweeping in WW1
by Jim CrossleyImprint: Pen & Sword Maritime
Found in: Maritime History Books
Hardback
168 pages
ISBN: 9781848842724
Published: 18 July 2011
£19.99
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It is not widely appreciated that mines were by far the most effective weapon deployed
by Germany against the Royal Navy in WW1. They cost Britain five battleships, three cruisers, twenty-two destroyers, four submarines and a host of other vessels.
Mines were generally combated by a civilian force that sailed in a variety of commandeered vessels such as fishing boats and paddle steamers. This unlikely armada saved the day for Britain and her allies. After 1916 submarine attacks on merchant ships became an even more serious threat to Allied communications but enemy submarines were far less damaging to British warships than mines. Whereas in 1914 the Admiralty rather scoffed at mine laying as a sneaky un-British form of sea warfare, by the later stages of the war the Royal Navy learnt to use mines as a primary anti U boat weapon, developing an amazing variety of mined obsticles and mine laying vessels.
by Germany against the Royal Navy in WW1. They cost Britain five battleships, three cruisers, twenty-two destroyers, four submarines and a host of other vessels.
Mines were generally combated by a civilian force that sailed in a variety of commandeered vessels such as fishing boats and paddle steamers. This unlikely armada saved the day for Britain and her allies. After 1916 submarine attacks on merchant ships became an even more serious threat to Allied communications but enemy submarines were far less damaging to British warships than mines. Whereas in 1914 the Admiralty rather scoffed at mine laying as a sneaky un-British form of sea warfare, by the later stages of the war the Royal Navy learnt to use mines as a primary anti U boat weapon, developing an amazing variety of mined obsticles and mine laying vessels.
It kept my interest throughout and it is worth a read.
Naval Review
An interesting, worthy read.The Great War Journal- Jan 2012
An intriguing book, well researched and written, which covered a topic that is probably not present in even well stocked bookshelves.Firetrench.com Oct 2011
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