MINES DESTROYED NEAR BRITAIN
LONDON, Sept. 15,
More than enough mines—magnetic, acoustic, and moored—to blow up the whole of the British Merchant Navy, have been destroyed round the coasts of Britain since the war began. This fact was revealed to-day by the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr A. V. Alexander). He added that the work of dealing with the mines represented devotion to duty and service to the nation the like of which had seldom been equalled in naval history. The men who did the work were fishermen or civilians in prewar days who had had no particular technical equipment. Not more than 2 per cent, of the officers attached to this branch of the service were regular Navy men. Mr Alexander also disclosed the great part being played in the antimine warfare by the Wrens. Women ratings, he said, were now doing highly skilled work formerly carried out by men. Another naval secret was disclosed when details were given of the ferry service used for delivering small craft from port to port, in Britain. That service is run by retired naval officers.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19420917.2.58
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23745, 17 September 1942, Page 6
Word Count
184MINES DESTROYED NEAR BRITAIN Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23745, 17 September 1942, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in