In 1916, the Baltic was infested so much by minefield that special missions were devised to send minesweepers with an escort, degenrating in battles. This cost the Kaiserliches Marine no less than 48 warships sunk, 21 warships badly damaged, results even better than in 1905. In the Baltic Sea, the knew a peak, with the use of 38,932 mines in the baltic alone, and new tactics by using both offensive and defensive mine fields (a concept in which fast mionelayers would precede a naval force and quickly lay a minefield directly in their path. Due to the discrepancy of the forces in the Baltic, the Russian Navy had to resort to mine warfare as its primary offensive weapon. When World War One brok out in August 1914, the Russian expertise reached its pinnacle during World War I. Russian Mine warfare in WWIĪfter 1905, the Russian Navy, almost amputated from half of its naval power more than ever bet on mines to defend its interests. Soon, minesweeping was perfected, and nets were carried by capital ships at anchor. In all, 4,275 mines were laid down, claiming two Japanese battleships, two cruisers, five gunboats, six destroyers and a dispatch vessels and giving the world a lesson all navies were made fully aware of. The third occasion, and probably the best remembered was at the occasion of the Russo-Japanese War of 1905: Mines became in effect the most effective naval weapons in the Russian arsenal, claiming in fact way more IJN warships than the fleet. In total, 1,218 mines were laid down in the black sea, to protect ports and the mouth of the Danube river, claiming one Turkish vessel. Another occasion to use mines surged during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. Mines however claimed no ship, but their presence alone prevented a Royal Navy raid on Kronshtadt itself, which was spared the fate of other fortifications in the area orr the black sea. This was basically the bedrock of coastal defense at the time and that tactic stayed valid for decades. They started to use them during the Crimean War, laying some 1,865 in the Baltic Sea to channel enemy ships into the path of fortification’s heavy guns. The Russians wre pioneers of mine warfare. But the vessel is so badly damaged it's no use to the Federal navy either and will now be broken up.Soviet Navy – 327 minesweepers 1924-45 Introduction: Soviet Mine warfare WW2 About early Russian naval mines & tactics: The recapture of the Ibadan leaves Biafra without a navy. He said two bodies were found on board the minesweeper, one no more than a skull. The leader of the Federal operation, Lieutenant Commander Akin Aduwo, told newsmen yesterday (Sunday) that when his ships finally gained access to Bonny, the Biafrans on board the Ibadan jumped overboard and swam away. The Federal Navy recaptured the Ibadan during two grim days of fighting at the port of Bonny, in Biafra. The Ibadan, which is armed with 40mm guns and depth charges, was hijacked by its crew of Ibo officers who defected with it to Biafra. It was one of three such vessels, built in 1950, sold to Nigeria from Britain's "mothball fleet." The minesweeper Ibadan went into service with the Nigerian Navy in October last year. All rights reservedīackground: A Nigerian Navy ship which was hijacked when the Eastern Region broke away and called itself Biafra is now back at the Federal navy base in Lagos - that is, what remains of the ship. Ship in dock name on stern men work on deck skull Lieutenant Commander Aduwo talks to newsmen on board.
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