United Kingdom - naval aviation and armaments
UNITED KINGDOM - MINES
Type |
Year |
Type of laying |
Type of fuse |
Carried on |
Targets |
Lying depth, m |
Full mass,kg |
Explosive mass, kg |
H II |
1916 |
moored |
contact |
surface |
surface |
up to 180 |
|
145 |
Mk XIV | 1920s |
moored |
contact | surface | surface | up to 180 | 145 or 227 | |
Mk XV | 1930s |
moored |
contact | surface | surface | 365 - 1830 | 145 or 227 | |
Mk XVI | 1930s |
moored |
contact | surface, subs | surface | up to 180 | 145 | |
Mk XVII | 1930s |
moored |
contact | surface, subs | surface | up to 180 | 145 or 204 | |
Mk XIX | 1930s |
moored |
contact | surface | subs | up to 365 | 45 | |
Mk XIXS | 1930s |
moored |
contact | surface | surface | up to 365 | 45 | |
Mk XX | 1930s | moored | contact antenna | surface | subs | 50 - 365 | 145 or 227 | |
Mk XX* | 1940s | moored | contact antenna | surface | subs | 20 - 365 | 145 or 227 | |
Mk XXII | 1940s | moored | electric antenna | surface | subs | 20 - 365 | 227 | |
Mk XXII* | 1940s | moored | electric antenna | surface | subs | 20 - 365 | 227 | |
Mk XXV | 1943 | moored | snagline | surface | surface | up to 5 | 227 | |
Mk XXVII | 1942 | moored | snagline | surface | surface | up to 5 | 227 | |
M Mk I | 1940 | moored | magnetic | surface | surface | up to 146 | 145 or 227 | |
M Mk II | 1940 | ground | magnetic | subs TT and MLs | all | 9 - 110 | 798 | 454 |
M Mk III | 1941 | ground | magnetic | surface, subs | all | 11 - 37 | 680 | |
M Mk III mod. | 1943 | ground | magnetic + acoustic | surface | all | 11 - 37 | 1134 | 794 |
M Mk IV | 1943 | ground | controlled magnetic | surface, subs | all | 11 - 37 | 862 | |
M Mk V | 1942 | ground | magnetic + acoustic | subs TT | all | 9 - 110 | 853 | 499 |
A Mk XVII | 1940s | moored | acoustic | surface | surface | 13 - 73 | 145 or 227 | |
S Mk VI | 1945 | moored | magnetic + acoustic | subs TT | all | 1540 | 376 - 385 | |
L Mk I | 1939 | moored | controlled | surface | all | up to 46 | 535 | 227 |
L Mk III | 1940 | moored | controlled | surface | all | up to 46 | up to 1589 | 318, 635 or 907 |
L Mk IV | 1940 | ground | controlled | surface | surface | up to 20 | 635 | 227 |
L Mk VI | 1943 | ground | controlled | surface | surface | up to 20 | 136 | 82 |
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