A Launch Laying Down Submarine Mines to Protect Entrance to Harbour. Interestingly, this newspaper article does not distinguish between torpedos and mines. Source: the Internet Archive web version of The Illustrated London News (16 June 1877): 556. [Click on image to enlarge it]
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