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Description: CU as ratings gauge the rails on mining deck, place coupling bogey in position and draw tier of mines up to the conveyor. MCU in tiller flat as rating starts up conveyor motor. CU as rating tightens up cover plate of mine sinker. CU as spacing bar is locked in place between two sinkers. CU of two mines together in a tier. Rating tightens bottle screw securing mine to sinker. Plummet wedge removed from sinker upon embarkation of a mine. MS as rating removes spacing bar and couples after mine to remainder of tier. MS along mining deck as rating remove securing pendants from a tier of mines. MS over stern as mines surface in the wake. In harbour - MCU as mine is dropped and curtsies and dips (seagull dives into frame). Ratings test circuitry and prepare mines. CU of chain conveyor. MCU of operators on Vickers Speed Gear. View through stern chutes as mines are laid - ratings then close mining doors. CU, taut wire measuring indicator. CU of TWM gear revolving as wire runs out. MS amidships as HMS Manxman lays alongside to embark mines - harbour crane in background. Mines are struck down upper deck hatch - various views from loading crane, upper deck and mining deck.
