Unexploded WW2 bomb found in Plymouth

[Stelios]

 

[STURTZ]

The Exeter one was a total f**k up.

But hear the Nazis dropped this bomb on Plymouth because they knew it didn't work.

 

[Hants_red]

Don't think they've decided whether to move it or detonate in situ as yet. So isn't he being a bit previous here?

UXBs from the Exeter blitz were put on the back of a lorry and driven out to Meldon Quarry. No elf and safety concerns then.

 

[Grecian in Guzz]

UXBs from the Exeter blitz were put on the back of a lorry and driven out to Meldon Quarry. No elf and safety concerns then.

Hants - looks like Manadon is a "Quarry To Far" - at least 3 properties being sacrificed by the look of it.

Bomb house owner and neighbours have cleared their homes out

Dad of homeowner - who discovered the bomb while digging out for foundations - said daughter and two neighbours have been told to prepare for the worst

www.plymouthherald.co.uk

 

[Stelios]

I guess no one would be prepared to sign off on moving it nowadays but as Hants says things were simpler in the past. A few sandbags and a flat bed truck then out to sea or Dartmoor.

 

[Billy The Fish]

If they blow it where it is and if it contains HE as opposed to being an incendiary bomb then I wouldn't fancy the chances of the properties in the immediate vicinity. I reckon they would much prefer to move it somewhere safer.

 

[Stelios]

I had not realised that Exeter University lost an appeal to get their insurers to cover the damage over the Exeter bomb because of a 'War' clause. And as the bomb was originally dropped during a war you're not covered. Surely they have to move it. Even to a local park and then detonate it.

 

[Matt Russell]

I had not realised that Exeter University lost an appeal to get their insurers to cover the damage over the Exeter bomb because of a 'War' clause. And as the bomb was originally dropped during a war you're not covered. Surely they have to move it. Even to a local park and then detonate it.

To a local park?
Local...........close to home?
No, don't know enough about Plymouth's geography.

 

[Hants_red]

To a local park?
Local...........close to home?
No, don't know enough about Plymouth's geography.

Central Park? Not much there apart from a small foot all ground.

 

[Hants_red]

It's on the move at 2pm to Torpoint Ferry slipway. What could go wrong?