24/07/2023 Canada, Terranova e Labrador, Conception Bay, Bell Island
“If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”.
BY ALIZA CHASAN
Divers discovered more than a dozen bombs and numerous artillery projectiles in the wrecks of two U.S. Navy ships off the coast of Canada, the Royal Canadian Navy said Thursday. The USS Pollux and USS Truxtun ran aground during a storm off of St. Lawrence Harbor, Newfoundland on Feb. 18, 1942, according to U.S. military records. They sank and more than 200 people died, with around 180 people making it safely to land. “Loaded with Second World War ordnance, these shipwrecks now rest beneath the waves along Newfoundland’s coast,” the Royal Canadian Navy said. Divers from the Maritime Explosive Ordnance Disposal and the Port Inspection units recently surveyed the underwater debris of the wrecks, according to the Canadian force. The weapons they found have been left fragmented and weather beaten after decades of saltwater exposure and erosion.
Mounties are reminding anyone who comes across explosives or live ammunition to call police for assistance and to not handle them yourself.
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