British plans to mine the Kiel Canal

Did Britain plan to disable the Kiel Canal?

British plans considered mining the canal in both the First and Second World Wars.

British planning included repeated ideas for mining the Kiel Canal in both the First and Second World Wars. No operation is named, and there is no claim that the canal was successfully disabled. The brief reference establishes only that plans existed. The canal appears alongside dry docks as another piece of fixed naval infrastructure that could be attacked to restrict an opponent's options.