Re: mines

In a message dated 7/12/99 9:13:29 AM EST, edens@mindspring.com writes:

<<  The Japanese
 lost two battleships off Port Arthur to mines in 1904 while in the
 Dardanelles in 1915  >>

The Russians lost those battleships too. Including the aggressive
Russian 
fleet commander Makarov who was on the leading battleship headed out to
sea 
to deal with the Japanese blockade when his flagship ran over a mine and

roller UNDER the waves too fast to allow many survivors at all.