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Meaning of "struck a mine"
This phrase is commonly used in the context of naval warfare or mining operations. It describes a situation where a ship or vessel has come into contact with an underwater mine, resulting in an explosion or damage to the ship
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struck a mine
The former struck a mine and began drifting.
The general assumption was that she struck a mine.
She had struck a mine.
Struck a mine and sank.
There was speculation that the vessel had struck a mine or torpedo.
Bystry struck a mine and sank in July.
The incident began when one of the boats struck a mine.
Struck a mine three and a half miles south east by east of Scarborough.
An unknown ship was ahead of the motor launch and struck a mine.
While returning downriver Milwaukee struck a mine in an area previously swept.
Damage to the submarine was consistent with her having struck a mine.
The ship struck a mine while running her acceptance trials in September.
The boat may have collided with a surface ship or struck a mine.
Venezuela struck a mine on the way out from Holland and was repaired in England.
Captain Nielson believed that the ship had struck a mine before grounding.
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Jenkins struck a mine off Tarakan Island on 30 April and sailed into Subic Bay for repairs.
During Operation Wonsan she struck a mine and sunk.
Dr. Russell volunteers to assist in treating injured colonists whose transport had struck a mine.
The American passenger ship Corregidor struck a mine and sank in Manila Bay.
She rescued 68 sailors from the liberty ship Stell Traveller, after it had struck a mine.
While doing so, the latter ship struck a mine that blew her bow off.
While attempting to avoid the attack, she also struck a mine.
The battlecruiser Seydlitz struck a mine while en route to the target, and had to withdraw.
While maneuvering to avoid a PT boat attack, she struck a mine.
During the operation, Kelly also struck a mine and sustained damage to her hull.
Wolf was sunk on one such mission on 8 January when she struck a mine herself.
On the voyage home, the cruiser struck a mine laid by the German ship and sank.
She ran aground off Steinort during the operation, and Augsburg struck a mine off Bornholm.
When the monitor USS Tecumseh struck a mine and sank, the others began to pull back.
The next day she helped rescue survivors of Perry ( DMS-17 ) which had struck a mine.
HMS Ocean was sent to rescue Irresistible, struck a mine and was abandoned, eventually to sink.
Breslau struck a mine and sank immediately, with the loss of 330 men.
The Boyarin, sent to investigate the accident, also struck a mine and had to be abandoned.
On 1 December, a truck struck a mine in Sector West, without any casualties involved.
On 2 December, three peacekeepers were wounded when their vehicle struck a mine in Aguelhok Kidal region.
It was believed it struck a mine and sank with all 18 crew on-board.
On the way back, the ship struck a mine.
It was believed to have struck a mine and sank with all 31 crew on board.
On the night of 24-25 January, Augsburg ran into a Russian minefield off Bornholm and struck a mine.
On August 1, she struck a mine and was damaged.
On 10 December, together with Itsukushima, she assisted the cruiser Akashi, which had struck a mine.
During 1941 she struck a mine off Flamborough Head and was subsequently repaired on the River Tyne.
One of the destroyers, the Saumarez, when off Saranda, struck a mine and was gravely damaged.
During these operations, she struck a mine on 4 September 1919 and was damaged, but suffered no casualties.
Australian Wreck, In 1949 while on a voyage to Manila it struck a mine off Brunei and sank.
However, on 29 October, Markgraf struck a mine during the German withdrawal from the Gulf of Riga.
Struck a mine laid by U75 while carrying.
The destroyer V30 struck a mine while crossing, and sank.
Moskva struck a mine and sank, with 268 sailors killed and 69 survivors captured by Romanians.
Japanese submarine I-30 struck a mine near Singapore and sank.
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