FLOATING MINES
SINKING BY RIFLE IFIRE
(British Official WJrelesa.)
(Received January 19, 1.15 pm)
■: RUGBY, January 18. Asked in the House of Commons today whether, in view of the danger to local fishermen resulting from the practice of sinking unexploded mines by rifle fire, other measures would be taken, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, Mr. Shakespeare, replied:—
"Special ships are being fitted out for blowing up floating mines, and these ships will work in areas where niost of the floating mines are to be found. It is essential that patrol craft should continue to sink floating mines by-rifle fire, as a mine on the surface is a menace to shipping."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 16, 19 January 1940, Page 7
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