Talk:Operation Sandcastle

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Dump location

We give conflicting descriptions of the locations of sea disposals.

In the Irish Sea
North-west of Ireland beyond the continental shelf, later specified as 56°30′00″N 12°00′00″W / 56.50000°N 12.00000°W / 56.50000; -12.00000 and 56°31′00″N 12°05′00″W / 56.51667°N 12.08333°W / 56.51667; -12.08333

The only clearly cited source (Hencke, David (28 March 1995). "Time bomb under the sea". The Guardian. London. pp. 1, 2.) says "scuttled in the Beaufort Dyke in the Irish Sea". Beaufort's Dyke is in the North Channel between Scotland and Northern Ireland. The letter in the Bibliography section does not give the dumping location, and the article appears to be based on an undisclosed source. I will change 'Irish Sea' in the lead to 'sea', but we need to check and cite more sources. Verbcatcher (talk) 19:47, 13 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have added a source that confirms most of our content, and appears to discount the Beaufort's Dyke and Irish Sea locations.

Bowles, R. (15 December 2008). "Standard Reply to Enquiries Re Sea Dumping of Munitions" (PDF). Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2012.

Verbcatcher (talk) 21:15, 13 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

other operations

according to this article, https://cen.acs.org/environment/pollution/Chemical-weapons-dumped-World-War/98/i37#:~:text=Mustard%20gas%20and%20other%20agents,near%20three%20weapon%20disposal%20sites. there are several chemical weapons dump sites dispersed throughout the baltic sea. There is a wiki page called "operation Davy Jones locker" that describes it. I feel this page should link to it and vice versa, but I am not a wiki user and dont know how to do it. could someone put in a link? 89.8.108.191 (talk) 10:50, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]