No explanation exists for her loss, but it is believed that she possibly struck a German mine.
It is thought she struck a German naval mine.
Glasmine 43: German mine made largely from glass, to make it difficult to detect.
She was sunk on 8 February 1917 after hitting a German mine.
More than 100,000 tons are lost to German mines.
Perhaps his most significant contribution was the design of an effective counter-measure to the German magnetic mines.
This new type of German mine used a compass needle to detonate itself.
The war in Europe had just ended and the island's main harbor was still full of German mines.
It ruined my family and my father died, blown up by a German mine.
Were the conditions worse in the, in the German mines?
