Fishing Trawler Nets Munitions

Studland, United Kingdom A fishing trawler pulled up a six foot long pipe like object with fins on one end in one of their nets. Concerned that the item may be a UXO, the Captain lowered the item back into the water and placed a buoy to mark the spot. He then immediately contacted the Coastguard who responded with technical support from a bomb disposal team based from Portsmouth. EOD searched the area around the buoy with an underwater magnetomer from their boat but were unable to reacquire the item. EOD stopped short of sending a dive team into the waters to conduct a manual search for the suspect UXO. The area and waters around Studland are known to contain munitions from when the area was used for gunnery practice during WWII.