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Portsmouth cross-Channel ferries stopped as WW2 bomb found Portsmouth cross-Channel ferries stopped as WW2 bomb found
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Cross-Channel ferries to and from Portsmouth have been "cancelled until further notice" following the discovery of a World War Two German bomb. Cross-Channel ferries to and from Portsmouth had to be suspended earlier following the discovery of a World War Two German bomb.
The device was found at about 05:00 GMT by a dredging barge on the seabed in Portsmouth Harbour.The device was found at about 05:00 GMT by a dredging barge on the seabed in Portsmouth Harbour.
An 500m exclusion zone has been set up, which is preventing the ferries from entering and leaving the ferry port. An 500m exclusion zone was set up, which prevented the ferries from entering and leaving the ferry port.
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard has also been shut to visitors for the rest of the day. Portsmouth Historic Dockyard remains shut to visitors for the rest of the day.
The exclusion zone around the device has meant some Naval base employees have had to be moved to other buildings at the dockyard. A Royal Navy spokesman said the bomb had now been "safely moved further into the harbour" which mean the port could temporarily reopen.
Brittany Ferries said it had three ships waiting to come into Portsmouth - two from France and one from Spain. He added: "The plan is to tow the device out of the harbour later today when tidal conditions permit."
It said 950 passengers were on board the three ships. Brittany Ferries earlier had three ships waiting to come into Portsmouth - one from Spain and two from France. Its Normandie ferry, which had arrived from Caen, had to be held for almost five hours.
David Minton, a passenger stranded on the Normandie which was scheduled to arrive at 06:45 GMT said: "It's getting rather boring, we've had to sit here just twiddling our thumbs, but there's nothing we can do." It said 950 passengers had been on board the three ships.
Nigel Wonnacott of Brittany Ferries said: "We are very sorry for the inconvenience this will cause to our passengers on ships awaiting arrival, as well as passengers at Portsmouth Port waiting to depart." David Minton, a passenger stranded on the Normandie, said at the time: "It's getting rather boring, we've had to sit here just twiddling our thumbs, but there's nothing we can do."
"We'd like to apologise to all our passengers, it's an unexpected and irritating delay which is outside out control - we just have to extend our apologies and ask our passengers to remain patient." Nigel Wonnacott of Brittany Ferries said: "We'd like to apologise to all our passengers, it's an unexpected and irritating delay which is outside out control - we just have to extend our apologies and ask our passengers to remain patient."
Condor Ferries' Commodore Clipper, which serves the Channel Islands and had 94 passengers onboard, was also held outside the harbour for several hours.
Dredging workDredging work
Condor Ferries' Commodore Clipper, which serves the Channel Islands, is also currently holding outside the harbour. The exclusion zone around the device has meant some Naval base employees have had to be moved to other buildings at the dockyard.
The Royal Navy said the bomb would be towed out to sea and blown up in a controlled explosion later off the eastern Isle of Wight.
It is the third device to be found in the harbour during dredging works since September.It is the third device to be found in the harbour during dredging works since September.
Dredging work is being carried out in the harbour to to deepen and widen a four-mile (7km) channel to allow the the navy's new 65,000-tonne aircraft carriers to dock.Dredging work is being carried out in the harbour to to deepen and widen a four-mile (7km) channel to allow the the navy's new 65,000-tonne aircraft carriers to dock.
The HMS Queen Elizabeth is due to be handed over to the MoD in 2016 ahead of being put into service in 2020.The HMS Queen Elizabeth is due to be handed over to the MoD in 2016 ahead of being put into service in 2020.