Navy diver clearing unexploded ammunition from Rose Castle shipwreck
Photo: IS05-2019-0006-015, taken 19 July 2019
Courtesy of the Department of National Defence, Fleet Diving Unit – Atlantic and Combat Camera
used with permission
A Canadian Forces clearance diver from Fleet Diving Unit – Atlantic shows an unexploded artillery shell (lower right) on the S.S. Rose Castle shipwreck. The Royal Canadian Navy conducted a mission to retrieve unexploded ordnance (UXO) off the Bell Island shipwrecks in Newfoundland in July 2019.