WW2 mine blown up off Scottish coast

An 80-year-old German mine discovered in the Firth of Clyde has been blown up.

The mine was trawled by a marine research vessel and was found to contain 350kg of explosives.

A Navy bomb disposal team carried out a controlled explosion of the mine, which had been laid by a U-boat during World War Two.

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