Watch: Huge German WWII Mine Blown Up By Navy

Royal Navy experts have destroyed a Second World War German mine - sending a plume of water nearly 1,000ft into the air. A bomb disposal team towed it to open waters off Bembridge, on the Isle of Wight, and carried out a controlled, underwater explosion. Petty Officer Richard Ellis, who was in charge of the six-strong disposal team, said: "These mines were laid in their thousands during World War Two, but are rarely encountered these days.