Taking part in the operation, military vessels researched a territory of 118 square kilometers and found 100 naval mines, 14 mine anchors and one rocket, the Ministry of National Defense has announced on Thursday.
Remains of three vessels were also found and designated during the operation.
"Following WWI and WWII, mines were left in the sea, therefore, our task was to make the shore safer for both military and civilian, fishing vessels," Flotilla Admiral and Commander of the Lithuanian Naval Force Kęstutis Macijauskas was quoted as saying in a statement.
The mine clearance operation was organized by the Naval Force of the Lithuanian army. 12 military vessels and four-member crews from Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, the US, Latvia, Poland, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Germany took part in the operation.
Mine clearance operations in the Baltic Sea have been organized since 1995.
Around 150,000 mines are believed to have been placed in the Baltic Sea during WWI and WWII, with around 30,000-40,000 still remaining on the seabed.
