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A live German sea mine from World War Two washed up on the Sussex coast has been towed out to sea and blown up. The large metal device measuring about 6ft (1.8m) and thought to weigh about 1,000kg ...

A German sea mine dating from World War Two has been detonated close to Bognor Regis. The device, which was about 6ft long and weighed 1,000kg, was washed up on the Sussex coast on Saturday.

A live German sea mine from World War Two washed up on the Sussex coast has been towed out to sea and blown up. The large metal device measuring about 6ft (1.8m) and thought to weigh about 1,000kg ...

A live German sea mine from World War Two washed up on the Sussex coast has been towed out to sea and blown up. The large metal device measuring about 6ft (1.8m) and thought to weigh about 1,000kg ...

Royal Navy experts have destroyed a Second World War German mine - sending a plume of water nearly 1,000ft into the air. The 1,500lb (680kg) air-dropped mine was found on the seabed in The Solent ...