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.
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.