![]() It is estimated that almost a quarter of a million mines were laid during the conflict. The naval mine, a more passive weapon, was however to wreak a toll as deadly as that inflicted by the torpedo and laying of mines, whether by surface ships, or by submarines ( see photograph on right), was actively engaged in by the major combatants. The First World War at sea saw very few large-scale surface actions – most notably Heligoland Bight in 1914, Dogger Bank in 1915 and Jutland in 1916 – and other than these the most common perception is of the steady, relentless massacre of shipping by aggressive U-Boat action. ![]()
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