‘Doomsday shipwreck’ stuffed with explosives could unleash a Thames tsunami
The SS Richard Montgomery is deteriorating at a rapid rate, a new survey found (Pictures: Pen News)
A wreck packed with 1,400 tonnes of unexploded bombs is deteriorating faster than expected, a new survey has found, heightening the risk of a Thames tsunami.
The SS Richard Montgomery – nicknamed the ‘Doomsday Wreck’ – sank in the Thames Estuary near Sheerness in Kent and Southend-on-Sea in Essex in 1944.
After 78 years underwater, the World War II Liberty Ship has become severely corroded...
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