DIVERS IN EXPLOSIVE DISCOVERY

[Ship called Dignity]

THREE fishermen had a lucky escape after hammering away at a live bomb they found.

The trio were so excited by the discovery, which came just weeks after they landed a £45,000 sculpture at the same spot, they decided to probe it.

But they have now been told it could have gone off any time.

Skipper Hector Stewart and colleagues James Turner and Sean D'Arcy were diving for shellfish in the Firth of Clyde on Monday when they found the explosive device.

Hector said: "Sean found the object and put it in a bag with the shellfish.

"He swam along for 30-odd minutes and the bag was bouncing off the seabed.


"He finished five minutes before me and when I came up he was sitting with a hammer and screwdriver happily chipping the rust off.


"James took a hold of it and was shaking it. It wasn't handled with any care."


Back in the harbour, the three fishermen, from the boat Eydent, were told bombs and torpedoes had once been common in the area.


Officers from Tarbert, Argyll, stood guard over the bomb overnight in a cemetery before it was disposed of the next morning.


The discovery came just weeks after the fishermen dragged a 13-stone bust by Italian Rinaldo Rinaldi off the seabed.


Art historians reckon it came from a shipwreck and could fetch £45,000 at auction.

[Buzz Lightyear]

Although this is quite serious & could have caused serious injury or worse........it is actually quite funny!