Thirty—Two tons of high explosive were set oƒf recentntly in one of the most satisfactor pieces of demoli—tion work ever carried out by the Royal Engineers. Five concrete U- boat pens, built by slave labour and used by the German navy for the assembly of pre-fabricated submarines, were sent tumbling into the Water in one blast. From the shore a radio signal is given which stars oƒ the explosion.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXIV, Issue 13945, 24 December 1945, Page 3
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69Thirty—Two tons of high explosive were set oƒf recentntly in one of the most satisfactor pieces of demolition work ever carried out by the Royal Engineers. Five concrete U-boat pens, built by slave labour and used by the German navy for the assembly of pre-fabricated submarines, were sent tumbling into the Water in one blast. From the shore a radio signal is given which stars oƒ the explosion. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXIV, Issue 13945, 24 December 1945, Page 3
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