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WW2 surplus

exat808

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A good clip here showing the scale of what was left in UK after WW2 and how we disposed of it
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=26348

I must admit to being involved in a deep sea dump of ammunition in the early 1980's. Whilst en route between Hong Kong and Brunei on board the LSL Sir Percival I supervised the dumping of approx 100 tons of SAA, 2 inch mortar and various A/pers mines somewhere in the South China Sea.
 
beaufords

An interesting piece of history

I remember this issue not so long ago

http://www.marlab.ac.uk/Uploads/Documents/AE08Beauforts.FH10.pdf

or this:

http://www.ssrichardmontgomery.com/images/suntimes.htm





A good clip here showing the scale of what was left in UK after WW2 and how we disposed of it –
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=26348

I must admit to being involved in a deep sea dump of ammunition in the early 1980's. Whilst en route between Hong Kong and Brunei on board the LSL Sir Percival I supervised the dumping of approx 100 tons of SAA, 2 inch mortar and various A/pers mines somewhere in the South China Sea.
 
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The wreck of the Richard Montgomery is (to my understanding) assessed annually but at this time it remains a hazardous wreck and that no remedial action will be taken on its cargo. There are various listings of what may be in its manifest. Any heavy cased ordnance will remain in a more stable condition than some other articles presumed to be on board.
I seem to recall that back in the 1950's a similar vessel exploded without warning near the French coast?
There is still a large ammount of dredged ordnance that gets recovered every year around our coast line but nothing like the number that got dumped after WW2.
 
The real danger of the wreck ss richard montgomery is in something you all seem to be interested in here:
AN-M1A1 CLUSTER FRAGMENTATION BOMBS

These comprise a cluster of six 20lb TNT-filled fragmentation bombs type M41 assembled and packed on the cluster in the fuzed condition. They are the most hazardous items in the cargo of the "SS Richard Montgomery". Each cluster was packed in a metal-lined wooden box of exterior dimensions 134 X 27 X 32 (cm). The fuze employed is the type AN-M110A1
Cluster bomb fuze type AN-M110A1 diagram and workings (pdf)

http://www.ssrichardmontgomery.com/download/AN-M110A1.pdf


what I need are pictures of the inside of one of these fuses or to know where I can get them to put on my site showing their dangers.
many thanks.
For more up to date info on the wreck have a look at
http://www.ssrichardmontgomery.com
and follow the links.
one other link you might find of interest is:
British textbook of Explosives .pdf (Technical reference book not Instruction manual)
http://www.ssrichardmontgomery.com/British textbook of Explosives .pdf
(copy and paste link in to your browser)
 
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