JWM Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Today a Tallboy bomb found in a bay near Świnoujście in Poland exploded today during attempt for controlled burn of explosives. No one hurt. It is said that bomb originated from RAF attack on German Lutzow battleship (or rather heavy cruiser) close the end of WW2 Cheers J-W 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boman Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Wow! Had to google it; https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54522203 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Interesting stuff ....thanks 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrzeM Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 It was filmed - quite epic view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iSRkvAupT8 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I saw on our TV news last night this had been found & wondered what they would do with it. Now I know. Steve. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmodai Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 That would totally ruin your day if you happened to be a fish just swimming by... 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archer_VC10 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 No need to dredge that canal for a while... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 That’s a big enough bang and one wonders if the explosive was still at 100% efficiency? Just as well they weren’t defusing a Grand Slam then 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick4350 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 8 hours ago, Asmodai said: That would totally ruin your day if you happened to be a fish just swimming by... Fish paste flavoured canal water. Shame there was no audio on the video. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blimpyboy Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 In a funny coincidence (and a slow news day), the Aussie press was quite chuffed that a fisherman and the Navy had found and gotten rid of (wait for it...) a 100 lb bomb on a remote reef! https://amp.abc.net.au/article/12752446 God knows how the media - and society in general - here would deal with a Tallboy-sized bomb in/near an urban area! I do chortle somewhat, when European countries, Japan, Korea and China deal with bigger loads almost on a weekly basis, but in Australia, it’s an “ooh-ahh” novelty of heroic proportions! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 All the local fish are going to have to shout at each other, now. Chris. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 (edited) "'The object can be considered neutralised, it will not pose any more threat to the Szczecin-Swinoujscie shipping channel,' said Lt Cmdr Grzegorz Lewandowski, spokesman for the Polish Navy's 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla." Indeed: comprehensively neutralised. Edited October 14, 2020 by Seahawk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrzeM Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 In fact the Polish Navy initially have tried to burn the explosives without explosion, but something went wrong ("deflagration became detonation" at some moment, they said) and so they finally blew up it. Possibly the blast was smaller than full-scale then. Still everything was safe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Just now, GrzeM said: In fact the Polish Navy initially have tried to burn the explosives without explosion, but something went wrong ("deflagration became detonation" at some moment, they said) and so they finally blew up it. Possibly the blast was smaller than full-scale then. Still everything was safe. And everyone. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roginoz Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 The media would deal with it not unlike the way they deal with the knowledge that there is stored in Northern NSW a stockpile of ammonium nitrate several times larger that that which blew up Beirut. Total apathy !! One can only hope that it's in better kept condition than in Beirut, otherwise the coastline of Oz will be seriously re-formed. And it's not far from where my daughter and her husband live........... Rog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blimpyboy Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, roginoz said: The media would deal with it not unlike the way they deal with the knowledge that there is stored in Northern NSW a stockpile of ammonium nitrate several times larger that that which blew up Beirut. I do remember that - sadly, it was yet another case of an easy 'sensational' win for lazy journalism! Never mind that the Newcastle facility is a complete opposite to Beirut when it comes to storage conditions and management, and rapid turnover of the stockpile - plus the fact that it's not stored in the same sheds with poorly-managed fireworks... Still, a good day for the media hounds. Getting back to the Tallboy, I am more than a little concerned for the ecosystem of that body of water - a shame it had to go off like that. Edited October 14, 2020 by Blimpyboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I hope the same team does not work on the SS Richard Montgomery - that would be rather upsetting for the neighbours... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 20 hours ago, Boman said: Wow! Had to google it; https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54522203 Thanks for the link That's a big bada-boom! I would have liked a few more frames at the beginning though, just far back enough to see it first break the surface of the water. It's like one of this gifs that ends too soon. Just a bit frustrating 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treker_ed Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Mike said: Thanks for the link That's a big bada-boom! I would have liked a few more frames at the beginning though, just far back enough to see it first break the surface of the water. It's like one of this gifs that ends too soon. Just a bit frustrating Also frustrating is the lack of any sound.... Would kind of liked to have heard that big boom! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 42 minutes ago, treker_ed said: Also frustrating is the lack of any sound.... Would kind of liked to have heard that big boom! Just shout KER-BLAMMO!!!!! next time you play the video 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 New data appeared in today's news: 1. this was one of 12 Tallboys dropped on Lutzow, so far all were considered to explode in 1945... 2. the water column after explosion had 100 m height, this suggests that explosion had 60% yield of the completely uncontrolled one Regards J-W 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 7 hours ago, Blimpyboy said: Getting back to the Tallboy, I am more than a little concerned for the ecosystem of that body of water - a shame it had to go off like that. Console yourself that the ecosystem is a whole lot healthier than it was in 1945 when the RAF dropped 12 of them. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigsty Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 That's a lot of effort just to flush a few snipe out of hiding, isn't it? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Imagine if it had been a Grand Slam instead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 1 hour ago, pigsty said: That's a lot of effort just to flush a few snipe out of hiding, isn't it? There's dynamite fishing, and there's this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now