21/11/2023 Croazia, (Hrvatska), Istria (Istarska županija), Pola (Pula)
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The Cruising Association has added a note to the overview page for Pula on the CA’s Captain’s Mate app, saying: ‘Unexploded WW2 ordnance was located at N 44 degrees 52.815 E 13 degrees 50.640 June 2023. It is marked with surface buoyage awaiting safe disposal by the relevant authorities.’ The CA understands authorities plan to remove the bomb, and according to reports, this will be undertaken during the winter months when the waters will be clearer. Professor Dr. Daniel Steenstra and his wife, Jane, anchored in June in North Bay, Pula, aboard their yacht Benimora. It is a designated anchorage area as per official port authority and navigation charts. The following morning their anchor got entangled with a large cylindrical object rising from the seabed, approximately 2m in diameter. A local diver found it was a suspected Second World War bomb and they decided to abandon their anchor. Dr. Steenstra reported the hazardous discovery to local police and military forces, but no action was taken, he said. ‘We feel very lucky. We lost a brand new anchor but if that bomb had gone off whilst we attempted to retrieve the anchor, we might not be around to tell the tale,’ Dr. Steenstra said in a statement. ‘It is frankly unbelievable that the Croatian authorities choose to ignore any responsibility and have decided to put more boaters in harm’s way and continue to make them pay.
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Source: yachtingmonthly.com
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