The American and Japanese government both officially reported that the sea mine was the cause of explosion.
She had a complement of 235 officers and men; also on board were hundreds of sea mines.
It was believed that the sub had struck a sea mine set adrift following a storm.
One specialist area was heat treated blades used to cut the cables of sea mines.
We have to assume the pipeline was hit by a sticky bomb or sea mine of some kind.
Then he pulled up his computer maps again and tried once more to assess the destination of the 120 sea mines.
The first, what the bloody hell happened to all those sea mines which ended up in Zhanjiang?
Apart from their loads of sea mines, most would also carry other weapons for self-defense.
In October 1942, Shch-213 struck a sea mine and sank with all hands.
Riilahti laid 1,733 sea mines and 599 obstacles during her career.