Date of Incident:
31/05/2026
Station:
NCI Chapel Point
Incident Summary:
MOP reported to NCI a child holding a suspicious object on the beach. Child instructed to lay object down, HMCG informed, photos supplied. Ordinance team and CRT tasked, a cordon was applied.
Bomb disposal arrived and removed object, which was a 30mm shell.
RNLI:
No
Initiated:
NCI
MCA:
Yes
Casualty Type:
Unidentified Object Washed Ashore
Cause of Incident:
Suspected unexploded ordnance