Detonate an Underwater Mine

Bomb disposal experts from the Navy, from Cartagena (Murcia), destroyed a German mine in World War II about 300 kg and 1 meter in diameter by a company located underwater work 250 meters from the beach Almadrava of Roses (Girona).
Although the underwater explosives deactivators Navy believed that the mine would have to move due to its proximity to the beach and some buildings, finally, the condition of the sea, seabed visibility and little traffic on the area have done that may have been destroyed without too much difficulty.

The seven ou specialists, accompanied by 5 Effects of Underwater Activities Panel (GEAS) of the Civil Guard in Barcelona, have proceeded to place the explosive in the mine, previously marked out by technicians.
The particularity of this mine spherical cubic meter is that it has appeared next to the cable car and mine, when it is usual to find the mine alone because over time it has spread and cable car.
Lt, José Marcos Lozano, Head of Unit, explained that “the explosion was mixed” and that “there has been a blast because half of the mine explosive charge has been burned.”
Marcos explained that with the load placed on the mine, which was located 250 meters from the beach and 16 meters deep in sandy bottom, “the damage has been minimized.”

In the past 20 years has conducted ou countermine 23 Emergency rope to destroy mines with similar characteristics in the Costa Brava, five of them in the past three years, on the shores of Roses, Llafranc, Sant Feliu de Guixols, and Port de la Selva, among others.
These artifacts come from the Gulf of Lyons, in France, rather than the Germans mined during World War II, which have been washed away by tides and currents to the coast of Girona.
While the operation has lasted has set up a surveillance and security that have participated in the Maritime Service of the Guardia Civil of L’Escala on the sea and the local police and the Catalan police on the ground.