Masts removed from bomb-laden WWII ship in Thames in bid to avoid explosion
19 Oct 2026, 10:45 PM

Masts removed from bomb-laden WWII ship in Thames in bid to avoid explosion

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American warship sank in 1944 with approximately 1,400 tonnes of munitions onboardA sunken US wartime ship in the Thames estuary holding enough unexploded bombs to devastate a Kent coastal town and send a tidal wave through London has been made slightly safer, ministers have announced.Engineers have removed the masts of the SS Richard Montgomery – a second world war cargo ship that sank in 1944 with approximately 1,400 tonnes of munitions onboard – without triggering the kind of feared explosion that has kept the wreck under constant guard for decades. Continue reading...
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