Pl. 68
Plate 68 of 87 · Class VIII, Ships & submarines
Minelayer
A naval ship used to deploy naval mines. In the Gallipoli campaign, mines laid by the Ottoman minelayer Nusret sank HMS Irresistible, HMS Ocean and the French battleship Bouvet in the Dardanelles on 18 March 1915.
Mentioned in
- Chapter III The War of Movement §9 The War Spreads: Turkey, the Seas and the Colonies
- Chapter IV Deadlock §4 Gallipoli: The Campaign That Failed
- Chapter XI War on Waves and Wings §7 The Mediterranean, Black Sea and Baltic