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Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:11 am ]
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"About nine" World War Two explosives have been washed up on a beach in Essex following recent storms, Thames Coastguard have said.

Experts from the Royal Navy carried out controlled explosions on the anti-aircraft shells at Westcliff-on-Sea at about 09:45 GMT.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-25629578
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:45 am ]
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Don't Panic! /corporal jones
Author:  big_D [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 5:58 pm ]
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Was he in Germany last week? An excavator dug up an old RAF bomb, killing the driver and injuring 11 people, and causing thousands of Euros worth of damage to houses in the area, blowing off roofs and smashing windows.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 6:26 pm ]
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big_D wrote:
Was he in Germany last week? An excavator dug up an old RAF bomb, killing the driver and injuring 11 people, and causing thousands of Euros worth of damage to houses in the area, blowing off roofs and smashing windows.

He will be gutted if he missed that one. :lol:
Author:  brataccas [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 6:31 pm ]
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hm Im hoping storms hit here hard so more ww2 wellington bomber aircraft parts drift in.
Author:  oceanicitl [ Wed Jan 08, 2014 8:51 am ]
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Whoosh!

The jokes go over his head :)
Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Jan 08, 2014 12:07 pm ]
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Apparently, there’s this huge stash of explosions off the Essex coast somewhere. It’s a sunk boat form WWII, and if it goes up, it will cause flooding in Holland.

Ah - here we are. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomery
Author:  Spreadie [ Wed Jan 08, 2014 2:14 pm ]
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I saw a programme about the Richard Montgomery a couple of months ago (might have been on youtube) - it's cargo is considered so unstable that they won't risk attempting removal, so they're just waiting for it for go bang (or BOOM!) and there's little else they can do.

It's not a 1.5 kiloton bomb waiting to go off - even if it all goes up it'll be a chain reaction. Whilst not exactly the same, I used to initiate around 4 tonnes of explosive at a time but using 25ms delay detonators - so you'd get twenty 200Kg explosions all taking place within half a second - quick but well controlled, more efficient and safer than just letting rip.

The difference is, the explosive velocity of the stuff I was using was typically 3800m/s, and the tnt based munitions aboard the Richard Montgomery is likely a little over twice that speed so the chain reaction will likely be a fast cascade explosion - still pretty bloody devastating, but not a huge single event.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Jan 08, 2014 4:48 pm ]
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When you mentioned the scale I thought of this one.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Thu Jan 09, 2014 7:26 am ]
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Storms unearth hidden treasures and dangers
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Jan 09, 2014 12:14 pm ]
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Unexploded bombs, rare dinosaur fossils and an unknown boat wreck have been unearthed on England's beaches during the recent stormy weather. But what else could appear on our shores?

Bratty?
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