65 years after British 'Tallboy' bomb dropped by a Lancaster in the raid which sunk the German Cruiser/Pocket Battleship Lutzow was left unexploded, Polish Sappers attempted to disarm it by removing the fuse and gradually burning out the explosive.
But the bomb exploded with spectacular results. No one was hurt and no damage except to a remotely controlled underwater mini sub used by the sappers.
Strangely enough the best video and images I can find are from a Seattle USA station. You need to click to remove a popup after a few seconds.
https://www.khq.com/news/watch-bigge...f44faaeb0.html
Aftermath of the raid on the Lutzow below... two other Tallboy craters can be seen off to the side of the ship.
The ship was not hit directly, but the bomb was powerful enough that the shockwave shattered its hull and it sank till it was resting on the bottom of the canal.
The same bombs were used to sink the Tirpitz... in that case the ship capsized. Bombs were 12,000 lbs/5400 kg.
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