Fishing Vessel Nets Munitions

East Neuk, Scotland A fishing trawler fishing in the waters in the Forth estuary reportedly pulled up a large munition in their nets. The crew decided to release the munition out of the net allowing it to sink the bottom. The crew marked the area with a buoy and called the Coastguard to report the find. The Coastguard responded with technical support from a Royal Navy EOD team from Faslane. However, due to rough seas, the buoy had washed away before EOD to locate the munition.

Authorities do not plan to conduct any further searches for the munition as they believe it is deep enough water to not be a danger to the general public. Besides, the area is expected to be littered with munitions from WWII so even if the one munition was found, others are suspected throughout the area.