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valve, mine

human history

Images and documents

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1934.342, W0757
  • Place
    [Germany]
  • Date
    [1914-1918]
  • Associated Notes

    Hydrostatic valve of German mine, WW1

    From bomb laid off New Zealand by the German raider Wolf in 1917. The valve ensured that the anchored mine would rise from its anchor to the required distance below the surface of the water.

  • Associated Event
    WW1; 1914-1918
  • Associated Person

     The Wolf

  • Associated Place

    North Cape/Northland/New Zealand

  • Period

    World War 1, 1914-18/Wars

  • Last Update
    15 May 2023
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