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| Parachute mine 'netted' by boat off Weymouth Bay | Parachute mine 'netted' by boat off Weymouth Bay |
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| A controlled explosion has been carried out 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. | 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. | Experts from the Explosives Ordnance Disposal Unit attended the scene and safely lowered it onto the seabed. |
| The device was safely detonated just after 14:30. | |
| 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. | 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. |