Beaufort's Dyke
Beaufort's Dyke is the sea trench between Northern Ireland and Scotland within the North Channel. The dyke is 50 km long, 3.5 km wide and 200–300 metres deep.Beaufort's Dyke Because of its depth and its proximity to the Cairnryan military port, it became the United Kingdom's largest offshore dump site for conventional and chemical munitions after the Second World War; in July 1945, 14,500 tons of 5-inch artillery rockets filled with phosgene were dumped in Beaufort's Dyke.
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Beaufort's Dyke
Beaufort's Dyke is the sea trench between Northern Ireland and Scotland within the North Channel. The dyke is 50 km long, 3.5 km wide and 200–300 metres deep.Beaufort's Dyke Because of its depth and its proximity to the Cairnryan military port, it became the United Kingdom's largest offshore dump site for conventional and chemical munitions after the Second World War; in July 1945, 14,500 tons of 5-inch artillery rockets filled with phosgene were dumped in Beaufort's Dyke.
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Beaufort's Dyke is the sea tre ...... both of practicality and cost.
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La « Fosse de Beaufort » (ou « ...... reçu des déchets radioactifs.
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Beaufort's Dyke is the sea tre ...... ere dumped in Beaufort's Dyke.
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La « Fosse de Beaufort » (ou « ...... Nord » pour les francophones).
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Fosse de Beaufort
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