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ww1 german mine? for sale

does anyone know what type of mine this is?i cant find any info on it
maybe its a net float?harbour defense etc
 
yes ive seen the photos but i cannot find any type of mine that looks like this
also there are no fittings for the contact horns
 
kiwieod said:
yes ive seen the photos but i cannot find any type of mine that looks like this
also there are no fittings for the contact horns
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Hi Kiwi
I know you have seen the photos but i added them in case the now closed sale gets deleted and becomes a dead link making it so others cannot see the item in question
 
yes good idea,i have found a couple of photos of similar mines but they have alot less rivets
i will keep researching to see what i can find
 
heres the picture,the link above didnt work
 

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Pretty sure there was a line of these in the entrance to Wellington Harbour back in the day, maybe to keep the impending Russian invasion out (yes, it was a real perceived threat in NZ in the late 1800s). There was an mine station just along the shore from Fort Ballance.
 
kahu1 said:
Pretty sure there was a line of these in the entrance to Wellington Harbour back in the day, maybe to keep the impending Russian invasion out (yes, it was a real perceived threat in NZ in the late 1800s). There was an mine station just along the shore from Fort Ballance.
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Is there any more historical background to this?

It would have been a logistical nightmare in the late 1800s.
 
Apologies if my post wasn't very clear. I meant the background to the perceived threat of a Russian invasion of New Zealand.
 
thanks kahu,a great report that confirms that we had these mines here.i also read a similar report for the auckland area,they built all the infrastructure for submarine mining but never received any mines for some reason
 
Similar to recent events maybe,complete with fake news?.


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Looks like this is a positive ID, 100lb Electro-contact mine.

The below image was from the Wellington location, surveys have the remains of some of the cables still intact on the seabed.

Image from ' Defending New Zealand, Ramparts on the sea 1840-1950's ' ,author Peter Cooke.



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Cheers
Bob
 
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