Philosophia
May 4th, 2008, 07:48 PM
Lost at sea: one bomb, highly dangerous
The mix of bad luck, explosives and carelessness in the face of extreme danger would have caught the attention of writers in the heyday of Ealing comedies.
Picture the scene: a large second world war bomb washes up on an English beach, causes panic and the evacuation of a seaside town before it is towed out to sea for safe detonation. But the relief is short lived. The bomb detaches from its leash and is lost, unexploded.
This is how the 1,000lb German SC shell, which washed on to Felixstowe beach last week, has come to be currently lost off the coast. The 1942 bomb is thought to be one of the largest ever to have beached on Britain's coastline with an explosive strength sufficient to flatten parts of Felixstowe's seafront.
From here (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/apr/28/military.secondworldwar).
:wtf:
The mix of bad luck, explosives and carelessness in the face of extreme danger would have caught the attention of writers in the heyday of Ealing comedies.
Picture the scene: a large second world war bomb washes up on an English beach, causes panic and the evacuation of a seaside town before it is towed out to sea for safe detonation. But the relief is short lived. The bomb detaches from its leash and is lost, unexploded.
This is how the 1,000lb German SC shell, which washed on to Felixstowe beach last week, has come to be currently lost off the coast. The 1942 bomb is thought to be one of the largest ever to have beached on Britain's coastline with an explosive strength sufficient to flatten parts of Felixstowe's seafront.
From here (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/apr/28/military.secondworldwar).
:wtf: