Wartime mine caught by trawler

Bomb experts from the National Coast Guard are currently in Neskaupsstaður in the east fjords awaiting trawler Bjartur TFNV carrying an unexploded mine. The mine, caught in the trawlers nets,  is most likely British as it was caught in an area in which the British placed numerous mines in WW2. 

The Germans called the area the Rose Garden due to the number of mines placed there by the British forces between 1940-1943 as part of operation SN . Over 90 thousand mines were placed in the ocean during this period. 

Bomb experts from the national coast guard will go onboard Bjartur to look at the mine, secure it for transport and then dispose of it.