Originally Posted by
LFRT
[Notice the way it's strapped]
Originally Posted by
Machinbird
LFRT
The appearance of the fire suppression bottle is superficially similar, but their are differences. The Maldive item is a mine, not a fire suppression bottle.
I'll bet that the dimensions are different as well. The mine has a circumferential weld that is not visible on the fire bottle. The angle of the "ports" (fuses) is wrong for a fire bottle. There appears to be the remains of an anchor cable attached to the mine.
How large is it? It looks a lot like part of a Biomarine Re-breather.