The history of the Italian motor ship Tabarka tells us how many of the wounds caused by the Second World War are unfortunately still open. The Tabarka was part of a convoy of seven ships that left Livorno and headed for Corsica, which headed south, south/west to get around some minefields present in the waters off Livorno and the Secche di Vada area.

During a scuba dive in the area known as the Shallow of Vada Sandbanks, at south of the city of Livorno I came across a naval mine from the Second World War that remained unexploded ...