A sketch of the platypus submarine dredge built in Dunedin in 1873 and tested in Otago Harbour in 1874. Submarine committee chairman Pete Sparrow said the society was ''delighted'' to get the funding to help educate the public and promote the submarine. The first time it was tested, in Otago Harbour, the submarine had to be towed out of the water. The middle, 3m segment of the submarine went missing while the submarine was on the lake shore - but the society had not given up hope it would turn up. Heritage NZ Otago-Southland senior archaeologist Dr Matthew Schmidt and Oceana Gold (NZ) Ltd senior environmental adviser Debbie Clarke formally presented the funding yesterday.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 03, 2019 15:33 UTC