Limpet Mk I

[Joerg]

Limpet Mk I -Need farther entries, how engineering data or cut drawings and fuses.
If an anti-alga mine is magnetically

 

[Joerg]

Limpet Mk III

Here one more mine, needs farther entries, how engineering data or cut drawings and fuses.
If an anti-alga mine is magnetically

 

[spotter]

Limpet MkIII

 

[Fuzeman]

Hi thats very intersting these are the Naval limpets i think as the SOE and OSS were bakelite and used for land targets are these in a museum ?
Fuzeman

 

[spotter]

Both these types of magnetic charge were suitable for use on both land and water

 

[Joerg]

Thank me for quick response. Have one more Zechnung with name Limpet Mk III

 

[spotter]

according to the information i have here.These were produced by both SOE and MD1 Four different marks were developed .
The Mk I had a hemispherical body with a single fuze pocket
The Mk II had the same body as the Mk1 But with a second fuze pocket
The Mk III and Mk IV each had a flatter circular body

 

[Fuzeman]

Reading WINSTON CHURCHILLS TOYSHOP by Stuart Macrae the first limpet mine the Mk1 was first made using plates bought from Woolworths in Bedford and the same design was used for 3 years .
Thats the wonder of Woolies ?
Fuzeman
I always wondered where that catch phrase came from !

 

[Joerg]

Thank you for the information. Joerg