Francis-Beaufort

In the afternoon Dec 16, 2015, the "Francis Beaufort" which was working on the port extension of Cherbourg, lifted a German bomb in his 50 kg dredge head. The Maritime Prefecture of the Channel and the North Sea dispatched a team of clearance divers of the Navy onto the ship to conduct an investigation. They decided to move the dredge out of the port of Cherbourg and dispose of the bomb in an area that is safe in the mid-evening with the assistance of the Maritime Gendarmerie. The ammunition was treated by the clearance divers and the "Francis Beaufort" was able to resume its dredging tonight.