Protecting British shipping in the English Channel: one of the mine-sweepers, showing the skipper flanked by two of his crew, each of whom is holding a fine codfish picked up after a mine had been exploded

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Protecting British shipping in the English Channel: one of the mine-sweepers, showing the skipper flanked by two of his crew, each of whom is holding a fine codfish picked up after a mine had been exploded

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Showing an unidentified minesweeper skipper and two of his crew on the deck of their vessel in World War I. The two crewmen are displaying large codfish picked up from the sea after being killed by the controlled explosion of a German mine.

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1917-03-01

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Auckland Weekly News; Central News

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http://cdm20062.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/218191

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World War, 1914-1918 / Sailors / Naval uniforms / Royal Navy / Officers / Fish / Vessels / Mines (warfare) / Naval warfare

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