Image: GY mine Corfu Channel 1946 IWM A 31242

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Description: IWM caption : Petty Officers drag ashore a German GY mines swept in the Corfu Channel. These mines were German in origin but were laid by Albania shortly before they caused damage to HMS Saumarez and HMS Volage. Comment : see Corfu Channel Incident.
Title: GY mine Corfu Channel 1946 IWM A 31242
Credit: This photograph A 31242 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01)
Author: Royal Navy official photographer
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