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At 8:15pm tonight (Friday) I heard what sounded very like an explosion. Earlier this afternoon I saw a coastguard vehicle with a Royal Navy Bomb Disposal Squad at Aqualibrium. The coastguard crew then drove round to the shipyard and looked as if they might be trying to find a way in for the bomb squad and their equipment. I'm thinking that the two events may be connected. Does anybody know anything?

Part-time Campbeltonian wrote:At 8:15pm tonight (Friday) I heard what sounded very like an explosion. Earlier this afternoon I saw a coastguard vehicle with a Royal Navy Bomb Disposal Squad at Aqualibrium. The coastguard crew then drove round to the shipyard and looked as if they might be trying to find a way in for the bomb squad and their equipment. I'm thinking that the two events may be connected. Does anybody know anything?

I assumed it was the lifeboat going out! But looked later and it was still there.

I know it definitely was not the lifeboat - I know someone on the crew. The bang was much louder than a flare and I've never known the house to shake with a flare!

Our building shook here in Kinloch Road too and the bang was very loud.
Got a brief text to say it was thought to be up near Peninver. Must have been a controlled explosion. Wonder if their windows are still intact going by what we felt down here - it reminded me of the Arran earthquake of '99 predicted by David Ike!

Part-time Campbeltonian wrote:At 8:15pm tonight (Friday) I heard what sounded very like an explosion. Earlier this afternoon I saw a coastguard vehicle with a Royal Navy Bomb Disposal Squad at Aqualibrium. The coastguard crew then drove round to the shipyard and looked as if they might be trying to find a way in for the bomb squad and their equipment. I'm thinking that the two events may be connected. Does anybody know anything?

No report of any Coastguard or Bomb Disposal Squad (EOD) activity in Campbeltown yesterday. EOD were tasked to an incident on Arran (Lochranza).

Info from Clyde Coastguard.

JD.

I was behind the bomb disposal van, boat and minibus about 7pm last night they stopped and reversed boat (on trailer) onto slip at the old quay. Must have been heading to Arran......

It certainly sounded a lot closer than Lochranza!

i thought it was thunder, but there was no flash and it was too short a boom, the contents of the conservatory weren't much use they just said it must have been lifeboat, it sounded like an explosion to me, and close too, a sonic boom perhaps? only other thing i can think of, it sounded as if it was right overhead

jdcarra wrote:No report of any Coastguard or Bomb Disposal Squad (EOD) activity in Campbeltown yesterday. EOD were tasked to an incident on Arran (Lochranza).

Info from Clyde Coastguard. JD.

Hi JD wish you had been here with your better quality photographic gear. Fishing boat with suspected explosive device on board at Shipyard peir yesterday evening with Coastguards and Bomb Disposal team. I think it was about 7pm?



I took this one through the binoculars



Controlled explosion. Sorry about the quality of the picture the house shook just as I took the shot

I knew it sounded too close to be at Peninver or Lochranza!

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Fantastic photos Jeanette. So they took the device out into the middle of the loch and detonated it? Do you know if the explosion was from the device or from the 'controlled explosives' part.

I'm guessing that it was so big that it was the device? Quality posts tho'

Is that a WW2 mine?

Sorry SYR I don't know but I am sure one of the coastguard boys will be able to help. They were on the inflatable with the Bomb Disposal team that moved off to a safe distance until it had been detonated. The divers were down for a while putting markers at the site.

Gary I saw them lifting it off the fishing boat and on to the peir but the photo doesn't really show you the shape I saw. It looked more like a torpedo. Quite long. They then lifted it back onto the hoist and put a marker on it and lowered it into the water just off the peir where it was exploded.

By the way it was a Carradale fishing boat so you might get more info nearer home.

can i be the first to ask how much the claim will be? seeing as its a trumpton boat, last time i saw one at that pier(correct spelling) james legge was diving oot from behind the welding shack to catch a waterfoot boy landing cod withoot a license, and him an elder of the kirk too!!!!

so it was as close as i thought, about half a mile away from my hoose, bet the locals from the high water mark at the heid of the loch were oot on the shore lookin for stunned mackere while the weans used to sound of the explosion to mask the destruction of the new playpark, i see you get jacksh!t for £50,000 these days