A chance remark in a funeral eulogy led to the discovery of a first-hand story from 1972 when Falmouth narrowly avoided a potentially disastrous explosion caused by a leaking cargo of TNT. Thankfully, the danger was spotted early. ‘Experts’ decided there was no option but to destroy the ship concerned in a bang which an eye-witness compared with those on Christmas Island.
Read more about the story of the St Bridget …