The SS Richard Montgomery, an American Liberty-class cargo ship, left Philadelphia in 1944 bound for Cherbourg, carrying more than 6,100 tons of munitions to support Allied forces following the ...

The salvage effort had to be abandoned when the vessel finally flooded completely." Now, the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery remains on the sandbank, her masts clearly visible above the water.

NEW flight restrictions have been introduced surround a bomb-filled sunken warship near Southend for "public safety". The SS Richard Montgomery, an American vessel that ran aground in 1944 in the ...

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An eight-week project to cut down the three masts of the American cargo ship SS Richard Montgomery, which sank off Sheppey more than 80 years ago, has been in the pipeline for almost five years.

A 'Doomsday wreck' whose bomb-filled hold threatens to unleash a tsunami in the Thames may carry another deadly cargo it's feared – mustard gas. The SS Richard Montgomery sank in the Thames ...

A "doomsday wreck” with a bomb-filled hold threatens to unleash a tsunami in the Thames, and it may carry another deadly cargo it’s feared – mustard gas. The SS Richard Montgomery sank in ...

A wreck packed with 1,400 tonnes of unexploded bombs is deteriorating faster than expected, a survey has found, heightening the risk of a Thames tsunami. The SS Richard Montgomery – nicknamed ...

But before I explain why, let me sum up the intriguing story of the SS Richard Montgomery and its potentially deadly cargo of high explosives, for the benefit of readers who may not have heard of it.

The SS Richard Montgomery was carrying 7,000 tonnes of explosives and weapons when it grounded on the sandbank close to the Isle of Grain in August 1944. A rescue effort took place to try and unload ...