The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Lowestoft, England. A German anti-shipping mine lying on sand above the high water mark of a southern beach. It had been dragged there by a team from the Enemy Mines Section of HMS Vernon for examination and making safe. An officer (centre) has attached intricate trepanning equipment to the nose of the mine and a rating (left) is approaching with a vacuum hose. Once the treppaning drill had bored through the casing the internal pressure of the mine could be maintained or varied at the officers's discretion. When its type, time in situ and any damage received on landing had been assessed, the officer in charge would decide to render it safe or destroy it in place.
Lowestoft, England. A German anti-shipping mine lying on sand above the high water mark of a southern beach. It had been dragged there by a team from the Enemy Mines Section of HMS Vernon for exam
England. A vacuum pump used by the Enemy Mining Section of HMS Vernon to minimize the internal atmospheric pressure of unexploded German mines. Nicknamed "Hortense", the wheeled unit would be set
England. A German aerial mine lies beside a water filled ditch as its explosive is slowly steamed out. After being rendered safe by officers and men from the Enemy Mining Section (EMS) of HMS Verno
Lowestoft, England. A team from the Enemy Mines Section of HMS Vernon walking in close single file along an English beach. The Officers and men had just rendered safe a booby-trapped German magnetic/
Goodwin Sands, England. Unidentified members of the Enemy Mining Section (EMS) of HMS Vernon standing beside a recently recovered German moored mine. The mine's contact horns have been removed,it has
England. Unidentified members of the Enemy Mining Section (EMS) of HMS Vernon nonchalently waiting-two are smoking- for the explosive to be steamed out of an unexploded German aerial mine. A long
