EOD Responds to Possible Ordnance on UK Beach

Hengistbury Head, United Kingdom Southbourne Coastguard respond to the beach following reports of a possible ordnance on the shore. Responding crews set up a cordon around the area and notified an EOD team from Portsmouth Naval Base for technical support.

EOD responded and after an extensive examination of the item determined that the item was an old buoy deemed safe. Based upon this positive identification from EOD, the Coastguard team pushed the item well above the high water mark, marked it with coastguard tape, and made the local authority aware to schedule the removal / disposal of the item from the beach.