All Minelayer Wrecks Carrying Armament Cargo

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Hms Abdiel Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1940. MINED & SUNK OFF TARANTO, TWO DAYS AFTER THE ITALIAN CAPITULATION. SIX OFFICERS & 42 RATINGS WERE KILLED. (DODS). VESSEL...

Hms Ariadne Wreck

A BRITISH NAVY PROTECTED CRUISER USED FOR MINELAYING. BUILT IN 1898 BY J BROWN & CO., WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE OFF BEACHY HEAD. (D...

Hms Port Napier Wreck

MERCHANT VESSEL CONVERTED FOR MINE-LAYING. SANK FOLLOWING A FIRE WHILE LOADING MINES, AND RUNNING AGROUND IN LOCH ALSH. (DIVER MAGAZINE, JUL'06)