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Post by Saltysplash on Oct 30, 2016 11:12:44 GMT
Hot off the press
A suspected Jerry WW2 bomb has revealed itself in the shingle near Teddington Wier by the Lock Island.
Usual Police cordons are being put in place as I type, RNLI are putting a block in for boats heading upstream from Richmond and the EA should be arranging the downstream block from Kingston.
Tide is expected to rise around 1130am so this may go on for some time if they cant get Expo to the thing before it gets covered by the tide.
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Post by Saltysplash on Oct 30, 2016 11:14:27 GMT
update.....Marine Police have just broadcast on London VTS a 100 metre exclusion zone for all vessels
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Post by bettina on Oct 30, 2016 11:21:43 GMT
Serious question -
How dangerous is a bomb that's been covered by salt water for over 70 years?
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Post by JohnV on Oct 30, 2016 11:27:54 GMT
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Post by Graham on Oct 30, 2016 11:29:29 GMT
Serious question - How dangerous is a bomb that's been covered by salt water for over 70 years? It is difficult to say, depends on too many things. They should always be treated with great respect. |
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Post by Saltysplash on Oct 30, 2016 11:30:53 GMT
Serious question - How dangerous is a bomb that's been covered by salt water for over 70 years? There is a dredging company based at Greenwich where dredgers deposit their waste from the thames estuary and other places. They regulary scoop up old ordnance and so far none has gone bang but each one has the bomb disposal people called out. The other thing in the estuary just opposite Sheerness and Southend is the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery a WW2 liberty ship that sank during the war with a cargo hold full of explosives. It still has an exclusion zone around it and is visited every few years to see how stable/unstable the cargo is. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomery |
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Post by bettina on Oct 30, 2016 12:00:29 GMT
Very interesting articular, thanks for sharing. I now have a much better understanding of the risk |
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Post by Saltysplash on Oct 30, 2016 12:15:23 GMT
Update. Sound the all clear,  Not a Bomb and all cordons lifted Nothing to see here, move along please ![]() |
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Post by Graham on Oct 30, 2016 12:38:05 GMT
Update. Sound the all clear, Not a Bomb and all cordons lifted Nothing to see here, move along please ![]() That will mean a few happier people breathing again. |
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Post by JohnV on Oct 30, 2016 13:31:37 GMT
Very interesting articular, thanks for sharing. I now have a much better understanding of the risk As a Canadian I expect you know about the Halifax explosion (especially as it is the centenary next December) |
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Post by bettina on Oct 30, 2016 17:30:13 GMT
Very interesting articular, thanks for sharing. I now have a much better understanding of the risk As a Canadian I expect you know about the Halifax explosion (especially as it is the centenary next December) I certainly do; my hometown of Saint John, NB is only a 5 hour drive to Halifax and indeed pier 6. I've visited the memorial site & exhibition/museum. But in relation to the above, the explosive contents of the ship were fresh and hadn't been under water for 70 years. Even though I can now see what a potential danger they can still be. |
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