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Originally Posted by CCIP
Remember that minefields aren't solid walls of mines. There's only a chance that ships will hit a mine on entering a mined area. I've even had friendly ships (accidentally) sail into permanent minefields in the Bight, and not hit any mines for 10-15 minutes. More often than not, however, they do hit something eventually, but even when they do, I find that mine damage in the game is pretty underwhelming. I've had ships hit 3-4 mines and, at worst, lose a couple of knots of speed. The only way I've seen ships be lost to mines is on the strategic map, not in tactical battle.
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Now that I have a few hours with the game and this posting I have a better idea. I just pushed a Brit sqaudron into a minefield and then one ship having below the waterline damage [flames comming out] ..my impression before was that a mysterious torp hit [Bullethead please comment] Now I think mines are like 20 cm torps. Thus captial ships are damaged and light ships are doomed. Were your ships light ships or captial ships?