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SS Richard Montgomery

Second World War cargo ship wreck in the Thames estuary

World · 19 Oct 2026SS Richard Montgomery masts delivered to maritime museum after operation to cut explosion risk

The three masts removed from the bomb-laden wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery in the Thames Estuary have been delivered to the Historic Dockyard Chatham in Kent, where they will be conserved, completing a project intended to reduce the risk of the sunken ship's cargo of WWII explosives detonating.