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| Alert as torpedo towed in by boat | Alert as torpedo towed in by boat |
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| Weymouth harbour in Dorset had to be evacuated after a fishing boat towed in part of a World War II torpedo. | Weymouth harbour in Dorset had to be evacuated after a fishing boat towed in part of a World War II torpedo. |
| Ferries were diverted to other ports and a 200m (656ft) exclusion zone was put up around Customs House Quay, where the device had been tied up. | Ferries were diverted to other ports and a 200m (656ft) exclusion zone was put up around Customs House Quay, where the device had been tied up. |
| It was lifted several hours later when Dorset Police confirmed the device was the propellant end of a British torpedo and was "inert and innocuous". | It was lifted several hours later when Dorset Police confirmed the device was the propellant end of a British torpedo and was "inert and innocuous". |
| The 15ft object was found five miles (8km) off Portland on Saturday morning. | The 15ft object was found five miles (8km) off Portland on Saturday morning. |
| The coastguard described the device as "two-thirds of a torpedo", which would have contained the propellant and engine. | The coastguard described the device as "two-thirds of a torpedo", which would have contained the propellant and engine. |
| Fisherman Edgar Moxom, 27, from Weymouth, who found it said he thought it was a wooden pier pile. | Fisherman Edgar Moxom, 27, from Weymouth, who found it said he thought it was a wooden pier pile. |
| A fisherman found the device in the middle of a shipping lane | A fisherman found the device in the middle of a shipping lane |
| It was only after he towed the object back to the harbour with his vessel Mojo that he discovered it was a military device. | It was only after he towed the object back to the harbour with his vessel Mojo that he discovered it was a military device. |
| "My eyes rolled back in my head when I was told what it could be," he said. | "My eyes rolled back in my head when I was told what it could be," he said. |
| "It did not look anything like a mine or a bomb when it was floating in the water. I would not have towed it in if I had any idea it could be explosive. | "It did not look anything like a mine or a bomb when it was floating in the water. I would not have towed it in if I had any idea it could be explosive. |
| "We called the coastguard because we were worried one of the other dozen boats in the area could hit it. | "We called the coastguard because we were worried one of the other dozen boats in the area could hit it. |
| "The object was in the middle of a shipping lane used by ferries," added Mr Moxam. | "The object was in the middle of a shipping lane used by ferries," added Mr Moxam. |