 Also they joined in search and salvage of damaged ships, submarines and fallen airplanes.The most dangerous task of the mine clearance divers consisted of seeking out and salvaging weapons, which were sunk after the World War in the Baltic Sea, containing chemical agents and therefore today endangering navigation and fishery.Removing freshly laid mines in autumn 1985 in the Suez Canal was the first exterritorial use of German mine clearance divers.