Buoy a possible danger
Three naval depthcharges lying on the seabed north of Cape Reinga were not fused and were no danger to shipping, said a Navy spokesman, LieutenantCommander Gerry Power, in Auckland yesterday. The depth charges, marked by a buoy, were to have been detonated by cordtex running from the buoy 87m down to the cannisters. However, the buoy disappeared before fuses needed to detonate the cordtex could be fitted,
The only danger to shipping was if the buoy and its cable were just under the surface and got tangled in a ship’s propeller. This was considered unlikely, he said. Hazard alert, Page 16
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Press, 2 August 1983, Page 1
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