Ever been to Sheerness? they reckon it'll do two million pounds worth...
...of improvements.
Seriously though, they more than know and check, it's carefully marked with large conspicuous buoys as well as constantly monitored in case someone fiddles with it and there are some pretty big, fast police RIBs round there. (had a nice friendly chat with them when they wondered if I was a drug smuggler.) Apparently they're cutting off the rusting masts (above water) sometime soon to reduce risk further. But there is not much that sensibly can be done to actually remove it, and there may not be much of it left that can actually go up.
Buried bombs that nobody knows are there are far more worrying... and the Germans have that problem rather worse than Britain does.
At risk of personally identifying information... I guess I did volunteer this one.
I knew not many people pick a day in mid December to go sailing. I didn't know I'd be the only one out, the day they were doing a massive drugs bust. They clearly thought no real pleasure sailor would be there. Fortunately I am obviously a harmless WAFI* and the appearance of my kid's cheery grin in the companionway was enough to convince them. (Bringing them up hardy, you see)
They probably also realised that with their hundreds of horsepower it's not like my beloved 4KSB* is a credible getaway vehicle.
Sorry, can't think of any more funny ones right now. 4KSB is a Sailing Anarchy-ism; the same kind of boat is for some reason a MAB in the UK - a Manky Auld Boat. I take exception to that one.
...of improvements.
Seriously though, they more than know and check, it's carefully marked with large conspicuous buoys as well as constantly monitored in case someone fiddles with it and there are some pretty big, fast police RIBs round there. (had a nice friendly chat with them when they wondered if I was a drug smuggler.) Apparently they're cutting off the rusting masts (above water) sometime soon to reduce risk further. But there is not much that sensibly can be done to actually remove it, and there may not be much of it left that can actually go up.
Buried bombs that nobody knows are there are far more worrying... and the Germans have that problem rather worse than Britain does.