In WWI Lt. Norman Holbrook, RN took B-11 into the straights off Dardanelles and the minefields. He stated that he could hear the mine mooring cables scraping past the dive plane guards and the sub hull. He never stated that he saw the mines just that the minefield's position was noted before he sailed.
U-32 with Baron von Spiegel was caught up in a sub net in the Channel. The sub net had mines attached and one detonated but no leaks were found. They then drug the net with them (with the suspension float) and had no idea why they were going so slow or how the enemy knew there exact position till they surfaced and saw the net.
Historical evidence leans toward not being able to see the mines. SH3Gen could be very usefull for those who want invisible mines and like to see there approximate position on the map.
Most sub captains did not use the periscope when entering minefields as the scope could snag a mooring or float. I know I have heard a contact while submerged, raised obscope and became startled to see a mine about 10 meters away floating. Anyone toyed with the idea of expanding a slideout of the minefields around Britain for the navmap?
I can make the maps and organize them into the SH3Commander date folders so they would change during the war years if someone would help me to get them into the navmap (like the Navimap mod).
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