From the March 4th BBC.
A German parachute mine, dropped in Portland Harbor on the southern coast of the country in World War II was found and disposed of this past week.
The 3/4 ton mine was moved to deeper water in Weymouth Bay and Royal Navy bomb disposal divers had a controlled explosion of it. I saw the video and it put up quite a wall of water. To think that it still could have blown up a ship.
It had been air dropped by a German bomber. Last week, a survey vessel using sonar equipment in preparation for harbor improvements located it and pulled it up before carefully returning it to its resting place once they knew what it was.
An exclusion area was established and divers using an inflatable lifting bag raised it.
Let's be Careful Out There. --DaCoot
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