World War II bomb blown up in Solent (From Daily Echo)
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World War II bomb blown up in Solent
2:52pm Friday 5th March 2010 in
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- By Peter Law » Feature Writer
A WORLD War II bomb found at a Southampton building site has been blown up in the Solent.
A Royal Navy bomb disposal team carried out the explosion a couple of miles off the Southampton coast at 12.30pm today.
A Navy spokesman said unexploded German bomb was exploded in water about 20m deep.
Lieutenant Al Nekrews said: "Chief Petty Officer Kev Amaira and Diver Stu Ricketts did a sterling job through the night, safely transporting the ordnance from Southampton to the Solent so that we could proceed with the task today to explode the bomb in a safe and controlled manner."
The 45kg device was removed from the London Road site at about 6am this morning and the police cordon lifted.
Comments(9)
hulla baloo
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3:45pm Fri 5 Mar 10
St.DaveH wrote:Possibly, along with some flatfish.
no video...did any skates get damaged????
Reality-man
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4:06pm Fri 5 Mar 10
you didnt want to do that
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4:11pm Fri 5 Mar 10
jono1974
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7:46pm Fri 5 Mar 10
on the line
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8:25pm Fri 5 Mar 10
jono1974
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9:18pm Fri 5 Mar 10
on the line wrote:There will be for sure, they have just been burried under tons of rubble and built on over the years, so i bet in a hundred years they will still be finding some.
It makes you wonder if there's any more in southampton
bigronthestaff
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1:31pm Sat 6 Mar 10
jono1974 wrote:I wanted to say that!!! =) Good call!!
Its a shame they didnt detonate it at fratton park.
King Mush
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4:18pm Sun 7 Mar 10
They would have kicked it around as a makeshift football
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St.DaveH says...
3:38pm Fri 5 Mar 10