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An unexploded World War II mine dredged up off the Kent coast at Margate by a fishing trawler has still to be made safe after it was temporarily mislaid. | An unexploded World War II mine dredged up off the Kent coast at Margate by a fishing trawler has still to be made safe after it was temporarily mislaid. |
Royal Navy divers had to search the sea with sonar equipment after attempts to detonate the German parachute mine on Thursday were unsuccessful. | Royal Navy divers had to search the sea with sonar equipment after attempts to detonate the German parachute mine on Thursday were unsuccessful. |
It had been placed in a large net, but after the failed attempt it fell out of a hole made by the blast. | It had been placed in a large net, but after the failed attempt it fell out of a hole made by the blast. |
The site of the mine is now known and it will be made safe at the weekend. | The site of the mine is now known and it will be made safe at the weekend. |
Controlled explosion | Controlled explosion |
Dover Coastguard said all shipping was being kept away from the area. | Dover Coastguard said all shipping was being kept away from the area. |
The 1,500lb bomb, which was dragged up by the Millenia on Wednesday, will be detonated in a controlled explosion on the sea bed. | |
Three weeks earlier the same fishing boat caught a similar device, which was made safe in an explosion which was felt ashore and registered with the British Geological Survey (BGS) in Edinburgh. | Three weeks earlier the same fishing boat caught a similar device, which was made safe in an explosion which was felt ashore and registered with the British Geological Survey (BGS) in Edinburgh. |
Numerous calls were received by Thanet Council and BBC Radio Kent from people fearing a repeat of April's earthquake around the coast in Folkestone. | Numerous calls were received by Thanet Council and BBC Radio Kent from people fearing a repeat of April's earthquake around the coast in Folkestone. |
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