Submarine Mining Units Of The Royal Engineers
The Submarine Mining Service was a branch of the Royal Engineers (RE) tasked with defending Britain's dockyards using fixed Naval mine, mines (also known as 'torpedoes' in the early days) and later Searchlight, electric searchlights. From 1871 the RE formed a number of submarine mining (SM) companies, stationed at defended ports in the UK and around the Empire. 30th Submarine Mining Company at HMNB Devonport, Plymouth acted as the depot company for the Submarine Mining School.Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 7–9. As the commitments of the service expanded the Regular RE companies were supplemented by SM companies (later 'divisions') formed within the Militia (United Kingdom), Militia. The first was raised in 1878 as the Hampshire Engineers (Submarine Miners) at Gosport, expanded in 1883 to form the Southern Division Submarine Mining Militia of four companies stationed at Portsmouth, Plymouth and Chatham dockyards.Watson & Rinaldi, p. 10. By 1892 these had been expanded to 10 divisions cove ...
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