Wrecks of the World: Hidden Risks of the Deep

[Schroeder]

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I wonder why you make such a fuss about it. Go to the GT Forum. There you will learn that pollution isn't bad for the planet.
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[Bushwhacker]

After the war the allies found some 300 000 tons of chemical warfare munitions and agents in the defeated Germany. It was decided that the most practical method to dispose of this was to sink it in the sea....
British and american method was loading old and damaged ships (including cruisers Leipzig and Berlin) with chemicals and sink them in designated areas, while the Russians useed the same ships several times and simply discharged the cargo over wide areas...
Due to unfortunate mishaps in British and American archives the number of ships sunk, as well as positions and cargo, are a little bit unclear...
Somewhere between 45 and 60 ships with about 300 000 tons of tabun, sarin, fosgen, mustardgas and so on are located on the seabed in the Baltic and North Sea.
So dont go to close to the seafloor....

[Ford Prefect]

Originally Posted by Bushwhacker

After the war the allies found some 300 000 tons of chemical warfare munitions and agents in the defeated Germany. It was decided that the most practical method to dispose of this was to sink it in the sea....
British and american method was loading old and damaged ships (including cruisers Leipzig and Berlin) with chemicals and sink them in designated areas, while the Russians useed the same ships several times and simply discharged the cargo over wide areas...
Due to unfortunate mishaps in British and American archives the number of ships sunk, as well as positions and cargo, are a little bit unclear...
Somewhere between 45 and 60 ships with about 300 000 tons of tabun, sarin, fosgen, mustardgas and so on are located on the seabed in the Baltic and North Sea.
So dont go to close to the seafloor....

Not sure about the rest but isn't tabun neutralised by the sea water? plus it will have degraded to nothing by now any way.

[johan_d]

They for sure love to abbreviate things in the US(sic).
The most funny part is that the abbr. never return in the same story, so why the bleep abbr. them.. lol!

[bookworm_020]

Somewhere between 45 and 60 ships with about 300 000 tons of tabun, sarin, fosgen, mustardgas and so on are located on the seabed in the Baltic and North Sea.

I believe there is a spot off the Canadian cost where they dumped tons of Mustard gas and other nasties after the war had finished. Plenty of live ammo as well tossed over the side as well. (here in Australia as well)

As for the oil. there have been some programs to deal with this (The Royal Oak is one that comes to mind)

[_Seth_]

Moving this to the GT-forum.

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by johan_d

They for sure love to abbreviate things in the US(sic).
The most funny part is that the abbr. never return in the same story, so why the bleep abbr. them.. lol!

I don't know what.....
And that's the....

Budd....

Interesting. I read the book Shadow divers a while back, it kinda got me interested in WW2 wreck diving. Does anyone know of any other good 'essential' similar books, don't have to be about WW2 wrecks necessarily.

[Max2147]

Originally Posted by johan_d

They for sure love to abbreviate things in the US(sic).
The most funny part is that the abbr. never return in the same story, so why the bleep abbr. them.. lol!

The official language of Washington DC is not English, it's Acronym.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Schroeder

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I wonder why you make such a fuss about it. Go to the GT Forum. There you will learn that pollution isn't bad for the planet.
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