The majority of the charged munitions were disposed of by sea-dumping, loaded inside the hulls of surplus ships which were then scuttled in deep water. The locations of these scutttings as far as The British action in the area is concerned was the Skagerrak. A considerable quantity of 'bulk cw agent' was destroyed in situ by burning. The disposal programme ran from mid-1945 until late 1947 at the end of which some 120,000 tons of cw charged muni
The majority of the charged munitions were disposed of by sea-dumping, loaded inside the hulls of surplus ships which were then scuttled in deep water. The locations of these scutttings as far as The British action in the area is concerned was the Skagerrak. A considerable quantity of 'bulk cw agent' was destroyed in situ by burning. The disposal programme ran from mid-1945 until late 1947 at the end of which some 120,000 tons of cw charged muni
The majority of the charged munitions were disposed of by sea-dumping, loaded inside the hulls of surplus ships which were then scuttled in deep water. The locations of these scutttings as far as The British action in the area is concerned was the Skagerrak. A considerable quantity of 'bulk cw agent' was destroyed in situ by burning. The disposal programme ran from mid-1945 until late 1947 at the end of which some 120,000 tons of cw charged muni