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A German sailor assisted by the Turks lays a drifting mine. (Internet)
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Officers and sailors of the Dardanelles mining unit. (Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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A Turkish made mine (the same as on the picture above) onboard of a minelayer in the Dardanelles. Note the fuses not installed yet. (Harp Umumi Panoraması) |
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Remainings of the same mine in the Naval Museum in Çanakkale. (Photo: Piotr Nykiel) |
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A model of the same type of mine in Beşiktaş Naval Museum, Istanbul. Note the fuse protection caps. (Photo: Piotr Nykiel) |
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A model of the same type of mine in Harbiye War Museum, Istanbul. (Photo: Piotr Nykiel) |
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A model of the same type of mine in Harbiye War Museum, Istanbul. (Photo: Piotr Nykiel) |
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Remains of the English made mine in the Naval Museum in Çanakkale. (Photo: Piotr Nykiel) |
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Remains of the same type of mine in Kabatepe War Museum on Gallipoli Peninsula. (Photo: Piotr Nykiel) |
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A German sketch published in “Deutsche Kriegs-Chronik des großen Völkerkampfes“. It shows a pair of English trawlers sweeping mines in the North Sea. The very same vessels and sweeping technique were used in the Dardanelles. (Andrzej Danilewicz's collection) |
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Naval Museum in Çanakkale. A British mine sweeping float found in the Dardanelles. Most probably it was lost on the night of March 13/14 by a minesweeper No. 705 and destroyer HMS Mosquito, when they tried to drag the anti-submarine net down the straits. (Photo: Piotr Nykiel) |
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Naval Museum in Çanakkale. A British mine sweeping float found in the Dardanelles.
(Photo: Piotr Nykiel)
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The float's cutter (Photo: Piotr Nykiel) |
