The SS Richard Montgomery sank in the Thames Estuary near Sheerness, Kent, in August 1944, taking 1,400 tons of WW2 explosives to the bottom. Her masts still loom above the water line and there are ...
Off the Kent coast, a sunken vessel is closely monitored by authorities due to its risk of exploding and causing a tsunami within the UK. The SS Richard Montgomery, an American Liberty-class cargo ...