controlled minefield

The controlled minefield, supported by the guns, was operated from a concealed tunnel under the fort.

A long, long day lay ahead before they could safely pass through the gate of the controlled minefield off the Skaw.

The 3-inch guns were the smallest of these guns, intended to protect remotely controlled minefields against minesweepers.

There was a controlled minefield in the Sound of Kerrera, which was operated from a building near the caravan site at Gallanach.

Two hours later (at 23:32) current was detected in an indicator loop laid in a remotely controlled minefield, induced by the submarine as it passed over the cables.

Rusty the length of her, a corner of the bridge gone, her house flag fluttering proudly, the fly in tatters from the gales, she proudly led her six survivors towards the 'gate' through the controlled minefield.

Alternatively, if an indicator loop was located next to a controlled minefield, in which the mines were connected by electrical cable back to a mine control hut on shore, the mines could be detonated manually if a submarine was detected.

Gentlemen, we've been beaten to the gun by our enthusiastic Danish NATO friends: at 1600 yesterday, without consulting us, they declared internationally that, for their own protection, they had activated their controlled minefields to the boundaries of their offshore limits. '

And here was his ship, seven miles from the 'gate' into the controlled minefield between Denmark and Norway which had sealed the Baltic, with the exception, perhaps, of a limited number of intrepid enemy submarines: the pleasant signal from the Commander Allied Forces Baltic Approaches was good to get.