Royal Navy bomb disposal team remove German WW2 mine in the sea

Mine sweeping robot successfully trialed by British Army

🌿 In the woods near Wijtschate (Whitesheet) lies the Dietrich German counter-mine shaft. In 1916, the British were secretly tunnelling beneath the Messines Ridge to plant huge explosives. The Germans quickly responded by digging deep shafts to locate and destroy them. Dietrich was one of these. The shaft is around 25 metres deep, with a horizontal tunnel stretching nearly 180 metres toward the British lines. To prevent collapses, they used prefabricated concrete blocks, steel rings, or wooden f