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Submarine
gjj109  
Posted : Sunday, 17 July 2011 1:36:18 PM(UTC)
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Found this on another site. Thought it was quite interesting. Probably fairly difficult to do it and be inconspicuous though. Hope the link works.

http://www.divenewzealan...dive-articles&id=627
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Posted : Sunday, 17 July 2011 7:57:38 PM(UTC)
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Interesting bit of history there... don't think I would have been happy in that big tin can though!
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Posted : Sunday, 17 July 2011 10:35:37 PM(UTC)
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were they brave men or what?Sounds as it could never had worked in a river like the clutha of old.
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Posted : Sunday, 17 July 2011 11:04:43 PM(UTC)
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There is quite a write up about the submarine in the history book 'Gold, Quartz and Cyanide - The Story of the Barewood Reef' By John Ingram.
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