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