A controlled explosion is set to be carried out later on a live parachute mine accidentally caught in the nets of a fishing boat. The vessel Cara Lee reported the find to coastguard officers as it approached Weymouth Bay in Dorset just before 14:00 BST on Saturday. Experts from the Explosives Ordnance Disposal Unit attended the scene and safely lowered it onto the seabed. Coastguard officers expect it to be safely detonated at about 14:00. Parachute mines were intended to be dropped on land targets by aircraft. They were heavily used by German Luftwaffe bombers and initially Royal Navy Bomber Command in World War II.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 13:58:16 +0000
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