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English: 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.
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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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