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The SS Richard Montgomery is a wrecked American Liberty cargo ship that was built during World War II. She was named after Richard Montgomery, an Irish officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War. It was wrecked on the Nore sandbank in the Thames Estuary, near Sheerness, Kent, England, in August 1944, while carrying a cargo ...
14 de ene. de 2022 · They belong to the SS Richard Montgomery, a US second world war-era ship that ran aground in August 1944 with a cargo of bombs. The half-submerged wreck, just 2 kilometres from land, still...
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13 de abr. de 2024 · The SS Richard Montgomery beached along the Thames Estuary in 1944 eventually sinking with 1,400 tonnes of explosive cargo on board. Decades later, government efforts began to try and remove...
17 de feb. de 2022 · Visitor numbers to a wartime shipwreck full of explosives have increased after reports it will be partially removed, according to local tour operators. The cargo ship SS Richard...
14 de dic. de 2022 · During the summer of 1944, SS Richard Montgomery sailed from America to the UK as part of convoy HX-301 with a cargo of about 7,000 tonnes of munitions. When she arrived in the Thames Estuary on 20 August 1944, the vessel was directed to anchor in the Great Nore Anchorage, off Sheerness.
Slowly, a set of masts sticking out from the grey waves come into view. This is the SS Richard Montgomery, beached on a sandbank in 1944. The problem is that the wreck holds 1,400 tonnes of...
7 de ago. de 2020 · In August 1944, the SS Richard Montgomery, a ship ferrying supplies back and forth to Europe after the D-Day invasion, sank at the mouth of the Thames River on the sea approach to London.
