whilst fishing neat Souter lighthouse the F.V Ticino caught a 500 lb bomb, thought to be a torpedo (some type of tuna ?)the crew have alerted the Coastguard and the RNLI, were bomb disposal experts will examine it. Iv seen the photo , Im no expert but its a bomb/torpedo, save your self's a trip lads its a bomb and a big one, apparently its getting dropped of at Whitley Bay, ??? Great I live a few hundred yards from the beach, so if that thing goes off tonight thats a few walls and ceilings that might be missing tomorrow, or at least will need re-plastering,,,,,,,,,,,, joking apart just take the image in, the 4 crew watching the net coming over the side, Its bulging , its a record catch, then looking at it closer Aye its a record catch alright , theirs a 500lb bomb in it, Brown trouser moment me thinks, Im guessing it will be taken to the yellow can just off ST Marys lighthouse to be detonated , thats the reason for the buoy, I hope they make a day of it, cos iv never seen a 500lb bomb go off , it might be worth taking the boat out and grabbing a few stunned fish, it will be interesting to see what comes up or is washed up the next day,
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does any one know what happened,trawled through loads of stuff, still don't know if it was detonated, spoke to a Copper i know , he used to love it when bombs were detonated off W/Bay, they used to take the Police launch out and collect all the stunned fish. the Northumbrian police dined on cod for ages,
