Weymouth harbour in Dorset had to be evacuated after a fishing boat towed in part of a World War II torpedo. Ferries were diverted to other ports and a 200m (656ft) exclusion zone was put up around Customs House Quay, where the device had been tied up.
Green Marine
about 20 years ago
Alert as torpedo towed in by boat
Weymouth harbour in Dorset had to be evacuated after a fishing boat towed in part of a World War II torpedo. Ferries were diverted to other ports and a 200m (656ft) exclusion zone was put up around Customs House Quay, where the device had been tied up.
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