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experimenters floated a “trot” of up to 35 inflatable rubber dinghies, each
mounted with an aluminum animal crate and glass sampler, out to sea.
Each crate could accommodate a sheep in the main body and a mon-
key in a separate box on top. In addition, side arms could slide onto the
main body, each containing three guinea pigs. The entire apparatus was
then towed into position by two motorboats. A bomb for each test was
mounted on a float and fired by remote control, thus releasing an infec-
tious cloud over the trot. The pathogens used in the Harness trials were
Bacillus anthracis, Brucella suis, Brucella abortus,
and
Francisella tularensis.
Two parent ships were responsible for entry and exit into the test. HMS
Narvik
acted as the “clean” ship from which animals and equipment were
floated out to sea, and the “dirty” ship, HMS
Ben Lomond,
received in-
fected animals and contaminated equipment after exposure to agents.
The dirty ship also contained accommodation for the scientific staff, an
Nassau/Bahamas
Site of Operation Ozone (1954) and
Operation Negation (1955)
Antigua/
Leeward Islands
Site of Operation
-9
Harness (1948
)
CARIBBEAN SEA
Figure 3.2
Sites of UK open-air tests in the Caribbean.
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