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The Royal Canadian Navy had this interesting article on its webpage about a RCN bomb disposal specialist, on exchange in the UK, who in January had to deal with an unexploded German bomb from the Second World War. The device was a SC50 bomb. The History Learning Site, which cited the study “The Impact of the Blitz on London,” pointed out, “that in the early days of the Blitz, the Luftwaffe’s preferred bomb was the SC-50 – a 50kg bomb that carried 25 kg of TNT.”

News reports from London, England on Jan. 20 pointed out that the bomb was found in the Thames River, having been dredged up by a work crew.

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Photo below courtesy of the Royal Navy shows the bomb:

And here below is the article from the RCN’s webpage:

A Royal Canadian Navy sailor on exchange with the United Kingdom’s busiest Area Bomb Disposal Team was on duty when a legacy, Second World War-era German SC50 air-dropped weapon was located in London’s downtown core.