Interesting time when the harbour was being filled for the new blocks of flats (87/88). The filler material was dredged off the SE corner of the rock (Europa Point). Unfortunately, this was exactly the place where a whole load of pre WWII munitions had been dumped but not recorded or the records lost. Fortunately, none detonated during the dredging and were isolated when the dredgers off loaded. The EOD boys were kept busy for a couple of weeks disposing of the stuff.
As the flats were to have underground car parks I always thought it would have been 'interesting' if someone bumped the wall where a metal object was sticking out. (Just my warped humour I suppose)
The near sting in the tail was that the EOD boys thought they would keep an inert item for their crewroom. They also wanted to cut it open. Away they went with vice and hacksaw when the thing started to drip what smelt like HE. Upon further research they found that weapon markings had changed before WWII and what was now training round markings meant something entirely different then.
Cheers
Doug