Piast Canal in Poland and a six ton "Tallboy bomb"

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The largest bomb ever found in Poland in the wake of World War II detonated underwater Tuesday as Navy divers approached hoping to disarm it. It weighed 11,905 lbs and was used in the War by Britain's Royal Air Force. Such an explosive was referred to as a "Tallyboy bomb". The divers were not injured and were said to have been outside the danger zone when the bomb went off. It had been found near the Piast Canal outside the town of Swinoujscie, went off sending a huge plume of water into the air. An evacuation of 750 had occurred as the deactivation began.

Here's the full Reuters story: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUKKBN26Y2J4...

The BBC has covered the story as well and includes video of the explosion it its report: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54522203

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Naval forces used a remote-controlled device to try to "deflagrate" the bomb - a technique that if successful burns the explosive charge without causing a detonation, the BBC's Adam Easton reports from Warsaw. "The deflagration process turned into detonation. The object can be considered neutralised, it will not pose any more threat to the Szczecin-Swinoujscie shipping channel," said Lt Cmdr Grzegorz Lewandowski, spokesman for the Polish Navy's 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla.