Plymouth Bomb

[Biker 1]

Hopefully this will be defused successfully:

https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2024-02-20/ma...

[Digger]

Is there still the PH'er who is or was a bomb disposal expert? I think he had a dog too!

How on earth do you start dealing with this one?

I assume a controlled explosion will be out of the question given how many homes would get damaged?!

[Tango13]

Digger said:

Is there still the PH'er who is or was a bomb disposal expert? I think he had a dog too!

How on earth do you start dealing with this one?

I assume a controlled explosion will be out of the question given how many homes would get damaged?!

Bruce V8?

Steam and saltwater can be your friends with unexploded bombs...

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150922-these-...

[Cats_pyjamas]

This is a pretty highly densely populated area, mostly Victorian/Edwardian 2 and 3 bed houses with small court yards. Not quite sure the best way forward, it's looks pretty corroded in the images.

[bmwmike]

Can the timers still work after all that time? The article above suggests so. That's impressive in a creepy sort of way.

[MiniMan64]

It’s Keyham, won’t look much different if it does go off.

[Scabutz]

I find it fascinating that nearly 80 years after it ended we still finding unexploded bombs from the war. How many of these are out there?

[.:ian:.]

MiniMan64 said:

It’s Keyham, won’t look much different if it does go off.

£2m worth of improvements?

[bmwmike]

Scabutz said:

I find it fascinating that nearly 80 years after it ended we still finding unexploded bombs from the war. How many of these are out there?

Thousands apparently

[WrekinCrew]

Scabutz said:

I find it fascinating that nearly 80 years after it ended we still finding unexploded bombs from the war. How many of these are out there?

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomer...

[MiniMan64]

Scabutz said:

I find it fascinating that nearly 80 years after it ended we still finding unexploded bombs from the war. How many of these are out there?

Feels like a fairly regular occurrence down here. Few years they found a whole bunch of old gas grenades which caused a bit of a mess

[gazza285]

Give it a tap, it might speed up the digging out of the foundations.

[bmwmike]

WrekinCrew said:

Scabutz said:

I find it fascinating that nearly 80 years after it ended we still finding unexploded bombs from the war. How many of these are out there?

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomer...

Interesting read https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b...

[hidetheelephants]

bmwmike said:

Scabutz said:

I find it fascinating that nearly 80 years after it ended we still finding unexploded bombs from the war. How many of these are out there?

Thousands apparently

The Luftwaffe hammered Plymouth, it's surprising more don't turn up; undoubtedly there are loads still waiting to be dug up. RAF and USAAF bombs are dug up in Germany all the time too; collectively the allies dropped 2m tonnes, depending on which figures are used at least ~20 times more than the germans dropped on the UK.

[Starfighter]

The French have a permanent team on the WWI battle fields dealing with shells and gas canisters. The local farmers tend to stack them up and calm the army.

[General Price]

I've often wondered,in these situations where residents get evacuated.What happens if you refuse?

[Tango13]

Starfighter said:

The French have a permanent team on the WWI battle fields dealing with shells and gas canisters. The local farmers tend to stack them up and calm the army.

There was a program on BBC4 a while back showing how they disposed of the gas filled shells at the Porton Down establishment.

[Digger]

The old cantankerous bloke who lives opposite in No. 34 is thinking of unearthing his air rifle from the loft . . .

[Castrol for a knave]

Starfighter said:

The French have a permanent team on the WWI battle fields dealing with shells and gas canisters. The local farmers tend to stack them up and calm the army.

Belgians too.

They refer to it as the "iron harvest".

A bomb was detonated in situ in Exeter last year. Did a hell of a lot of damage and no insurance pay outs.

The Uni, who's halls had been damaged, took their insurer, Allianz (ironically) to court and lost.

[peterperkins]

Castrol for a knave said:

A bomb was detonated in situ in Exeter last year. Did a hell of a lot of damage and no insurance pay outs.

The Uni, who's halls had been damaged, took their insurer, Allianz (ironically) to court and lost.

Lots of insurance policies exclude things caused by an 'Act of war'.
The bomb was only in situ because we were at war 80 years ago.