Naval mines

Britannica, Land Mines, Naval Mines , 15, 494—98 (1973) 14) Anon, New Dimension Added to... 

Bottoms, A. M. and C. Scandrett, Eds. Applications of Technology to Demining, An Anthology of Scientific Papers (1995-2005), in three volumes Part I, Vols. 1 and 2, Lamdmine Countermeasures, Part II, Naval Mine Countermeasures. Society for Counter-Ordnance Technology (SCOT), http //demine.org, July 2005. 

The electric detonator is ordinarily used to actuate a booster or booster lead (usually Tetryl). At the time of publication of NOLR 1111, which was 1952, electric detonators were used in Naval mine and torpedo firing mechanisms and to a limited extent in Army fuzes (See also Section 2, Part C, History of Development of Detonators, etc")... 

This made it possible to use large blocks of wet Guncotton in Naval mines with comparative safety (Ref 31a, p 256 Ref 44, p 242 Ref 12, p 5)... 

Gromoboy (Thunderer) (Russ). A powerful expl proposed in 1886 by I.M. Chel tsov AN 72.5 Amm Picrate 27.55S for loading artillery projs and Naval mines Refs 1) Yaremenko Svetlov (1957), p 5 2) Gorst (1957), 13... 

Japan. The 50/50 amatol known as shotoyaku was used in some bombs and projectiles (Ref 11, p 27). According to Ref 12, the use of amatol was limited due to the shortage of TNT. It had been reported in Naval mines... 

NMD Naval Mine Depot, sulfate (Brit propellant)... 

Gromoboy (Thunderer). A powerful expl consisting of AN 72.5 and Amm Picrate 27.5%, proposed in 1886 by I.M. ChelTtsov for loading shells and naval mines. See Vol 6 of the Encycl, p G145-L... 

Dinitrobenzene was used in Russia (1914-1918) for filling naval mines, in Germany, where it was known as DiFp (Di-FullpulverX for filling various shells, and in Switzerland. 

Alfred Bernhard Nobel was bom in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 21, 1833, as the third of four sons to Immanuel and Andriette (Tyilsell) Nobel. That same year, his father, an engineer and builder, went bankmpt when barges full of building materials were lost at sea. In 1837 Immanuel left Stockholm and moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, where he started manufacturing equipment for the Russian army. His factory flourished, especially with the manufacture and sale of naval mines of his own constmction. 

The Naval Mine Depot, Norfolk, Virginia, March 1946, a shipload of mustard projectiles... 

Keywords Law of naval warfare Warships Submarines Unmanned maritime systems Submarine communications cables Hospital ships Merchant vessels Methods and means of naval warfare Naval mines Torpedoes Blockade Exclusion zones Naval bombardment Protected persons... 

Despite some efforts to outlaw or to at least restrict the use of naval mines they have always been considered lawful means of warfare. The same holds true for torpedoes. Hague Convention VIII (1907) only applies to submarine automatic... 

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