Minesweeping (1940)
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
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Various shots of British Royal Navy minesweepers at sea.
Various shots of mine detecting equipment being prepared on board ship. A buoy is dragged behind the ship. Sailors watch through binoculars.
Shots of two warship signalling with Aldis Lamps
An on board anti-aircraft gun is prepared and the crew stands at the ready.
Various shots of the minesweeping fleet at sea.
FILM ID:588.15
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Thanks for the video. My farther served on a British Navy minesweeper throughout ww2, it brings back memories of the stories he told when we went through his box of photo's so many years ago. Awesome
Must have been a pretty scary job , did they use all kinds of boats ie trawlers and tug boats to mine sweep or were they specifically designed 🤔
I think the one my father was on was specifically designed for the job. The one he served on was quite a small vessel. Not to sure to be honest. It looks like a purpose built ship in the photos I have. I have plenty of photos of ships that are upside down with the crew on the hull waiting for rescue after being struck by mines. Very risking business but the unseen dangers turned out to be worse later on. He was operational in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Adriatic seas during WW2. They used a high voltage device on a certain type of mine which was possibly his demise as he developed a rare type of cancer years later which seems to be common amongst navy personal serving on minesweepers. @@robbieallan6522
The work was vital but they never got the credit they deserved.
My Dad was on the mine sweepers and he used to sing this song. Does anyone know the song they sang on this footage.
Unfortunately no sound
Job prerequisite: Balls of steel
No steel allowed. Non magnetic parts only!!
My Dear Dads job for four years,came home à changed man.
May someone enlighten me, about what are the procedure they are conducting (I mean what are they doing spesifically..)?
I'm trying to find out myself cuz I've never seen a minesweeper in action but I know they find mines by towing a steel cable deep down between 2 boats and the cable cuts the mine from the sea bed the they sink it by shooting at it cuz they didn't really want them to explode in such close proximity, trawling boats still occasionally bring them up in the nets to this day very rare now but I've had friends 25 years ago that worked on boats that dragged a few up and they had to cut and abandoned all their gear cuz them things could still go off!!!
They used a cable with a cutter on it for one type which would bring them to the surface and they would shoot them with 303's then duck down as the shrapnel flew out everywhere. They also used some form of electrical cable which formed some sort of charge in the water setting off another type. And also soaking the crew with EMF which caused cancer later on. @@robbieallan6522