Photograph titled "Men of Britain's Royal Naval Minelaying 'Sow' for Victory"

Silver gelatin print by Planet News Ltd. Caption on verso: "Among the often unrecognised heroes of the sea are the men of the Royal Naval Minelayers who night after night slip out to sea i n their little ships and lay minefields around Britain's shores or at the approaches to enemy shores. Photo shows -- one of the mines being pushed along rails into the ship."