AMMUNITION IN HARBOUR
Anti-Tank Shells Dredged Up (N2. Press Association) AUCKLAND. March 28. The Auckland Harbour Board dredge Hapai stopped work suddenly this afternoon when some unexploded 37-m:llimetre ammunition was dredged up between Prince's and Hobson wharves. Captain L. Smith, of the Ordnance Corps, examined several of the shells and opened two of them. He found they were wet inside and in no danger of exploding. Others were rus'ed solid. He decided that the best way to get rid of the ammunition was to let the dredge continue loading it into the lighter to be carried away for dumping. It was well cushioned in mud and there seemed little chance that it was in any condition to explode.
Captain Smith said the ammunition was armour-piercing anti-tank shot of American origin.
I’ was likely that the sheds on Hobson wharf had been used to store ammunition during the Second World War and a couple of cases may have been dropped into the water.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30094, 30 March 1963, Page 14
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