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Divers work on wreck
March 6, 2000
Clearance divers and ordnance specialists from AUSCDTs One and Four have
completed another vital task in East Timor.
They attended Betano to dive on the wreck of VOYAGER 1, the WW11 warship
grounded during the Far East campaign of the war.
Their job was to survey the wreck and locate and destroy any ordnances left
behind more that 50 years ago.
They disposed of one Mk 8 torpedo, 20 four-inch projectiles, 10 depth charges
and 115 four-inch powder fuses.
They identified items of historical significance including an anchor; three
four inch guns and the ship's two propellers.
The divers also sighted other unexploded devices in and around the wreck
and now recommend further tasking.
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