Type M Mark I mine
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Description
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Bluewater
General info
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Effective damage
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Comparison with analogues
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Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
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History
In 1906, the British Royal Navy began renewed research into the naval mine as a weapon and a variety of mines were in the Royal Navy arsenal during World War I. Most of the mines were contact designs that were based on the Hertz Horn design used by military nations during this period. However, the Royal Navy also tested magnetic detonators, but it never was successful enough to be deployed during World War I. The Royal Navy would continue testing magnetic mines and eventually succeeded with the Type M Mark I that was used in World War II.
The Type M was one of the first magnetic ground mines to enter British service. Unlike contact mines, magnetic mines had a longer range as they didn't need the ship to hit to directly contact the Hertz Horn to trigger the mine. The magnetic detonator, however, comes at the drawback of the mine detonating too early when it detects the magnetic field of an enemy ship so the Type M was fitted with multiple delaying mechanisms that were intended to ensure the mine would damage or destroy the enemy ship. Even these modifications were not always enough to stop the mine from failing to detonate or detonating too early. The reason for this issue was that the Earth's magnetic field fluctuates at different latitudes, this knowledge that was not well-known at the time. All magnetic detonators would suffer from this scientific oversight during the War.
The Type M Mark I mine was similar in design to the Mark XV, a moored contact mine in Royal Navy service at the time that became a general-purpose contact mine during the war. The Type M Mark I, however, was intended for use at emplacements ranging from 80 to 1,000 fathoms. The mine contained 500 pounds of a 50/50 ammonium nitrate and TNT mix called amatol which was made due to the shortage of RDX and TNT during the war. By 1949, the Royal Navy had 8,948 Type M Mark I mines in storage.
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See also
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External links
| Naval mines | |
|---|---|
| USA | Type A Mark I* |
| Germany | EMC · EMF · UDM-E |
| USSR | KB-1 pattern 1931 mine · KB-3 pattern 1940 · MIRAB · YAM-43 |
| Britain | Type M Mark I |
| Japan | Mk.6 mod1 · Type 93 mod1 |
| Italy | Bollo P.125/1932 · Bollo P.200/1936 |
| France | B4M |
| * = Aircraft-laid | |
