21 Jul 2026
Masts to come down on Thames wreck that holds 1,400 tonnes of explosives
Photo Credit: AdobeStock Work to remove the three masts from the SS Richard Montgomery, the American Second World War Liberty ship that sank in the Thames Estuary in 1944 with 1,400 tonnes of unexploded munitions still on board, will begin in early September, the Department for Transport has confirmed. The £9.5 million operation, which […]