Where is the Richard Montgomery ship?
The wreck of the SS RICHARD MONTGOMERY remains on the sandbank where she sank. The wreck lies across the tide close to the Medway Approach Channel and her masts are clearly visible above the water at all states of the tide. There are still approximately 1,400 tons of explosives contained within the forward holds.
What would happen if the Richard Montgomery exploded?
According to a BBC News report in 1970, it was determined that if the wreck of Richard Montgomery exploded, it would throw a 1,000-foot-wide (300 m) column of water and debris nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 m) into the air and generate a wave 16 feet (5 m) high.
What was the Richard Montgomery carrying?
1. The SS RICHARD MONTGOMERY grounded and split in two off Sheerness in 1944 whilst carrying a cargo of bombs. A large part of the cargo was successfully recovered at the time.
How many shipwrecks are in the Thames Estuary?
Shipwrecks The Thames Estuary is home to around 767 recorded wrecks: the earliest known are documented from battles recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 893-894 and the figure also includes downed aircraft from the Second World War and wrecks of Thames barges.
How many bombs are on the SS Richard Montgomery?
10,353 bombs
The SS Richard Montgomery has an estimated 10,353 bombs still on-board with an explosive mass of 1400 tonnes of TNT. The wreck risks exploding from another vessel being blown into it, easy suicide bomber attack and a significant internal collapse of the Tween deck cargo on the 7 metre stack of bombs in the holds.
Will the SS Montgomery explode?
1. The SS RICHARD MONTGOMERY grounded and split in two off Sheerness in 1944 whilst carrying a cargo of bombs. A large part of the cargo was successfully recovered at the time. No explosions occurred when the ship grounded or during the subsequent salvage operation, and none have occurred since.
Is there sharks in the Thames?
The Greater Thames Estuary is home to at least five different shark species, but very little is known about how exactly these sharks use the area.
Where does the Thames estuary start?
Teddington
The Thames Estuary is the estuary in which the River Thames meets the sea, starting at Teddington, the tidal Thames passes through London to its mouth, the Kent/Essex Strait. It constitutes a major shipping route with the key ports; Port of London and the Medway Ports of Sheerness, Chatham and Thamesport.
What does USA stand for?
the United States of America
USA is an abbreviation for the United States of America.
Where does the Thames meet the North Sea?
Thames Estuary
The Nore is the sandbank that marks the mouth of the Thames Estuary, where the outflow from the Thames meets the North Sea. It is roughly halfway between Havengore Creek in Essex and Warden Point on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. Until 1964 it marked the seaward limit of the Port of London Authority.