Sea mine #1 - Torekov, Sweden
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dvddragon
N 56° 25.591 E 012° 37.402
33V E 353427 N 6256084
A sea mine from WWII
Waymark Code: WM14JA4
Location: Skåne, Sweden
Date Posted: 07/15/2021
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A naval mine is displayed in the harbour in Torekov and it is identified by the Imperial war museum in London.
This mine was british model H2 that was placed at a minebelt in Kattegatt in 1918. Some time after there was 3 mine that get loose and drifted to Hallands väder ö (island ut side torekov) 2 mines expolded at the rocky shores but one was captured and disarmed, there was 145kg explosive in it.
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