- Author
- Goldsworthy, Lieutenant Commander L V GC DSC GM RANVR
- Subjects
- History - general
- Tags
- None noted.
- RAN Ships
- None noted.
- Publication
- January 1972 edition of the Naval Historical Review (all rights reserved)
The author was given the task of picking the sinister contraption’s secrets. To approach the mine it was necessary to swim through a hundred yards of giant weed. The water was intensely cold and the rumbles of distant underwater explosions did not add to comfort. Despite fears of diabolical booby traps, the mine was rendered safe.
The war moved out of Normandy and the P Parties moved with it. The Mine Recovery Flotilla was coast bound, but was fully employed in wreck location and similar tasks.
In February 1945, with the European war drawing to a close, the author and ‘Contractor Jack’ Cliff were transferred to the Pacific for liaison duties with US forces. So ended the campaign which had begun with the Enemy Mining Section in 1939.