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

Desk multi-mercato TradeNews BD (2026-10-19): American warship sank in 1944 with approximately 1,400 tonnes of munitions onboardA sunken US wartime ship in the Thames estuary holding enough unexploded… Fonte primaria: originale su The Guardian (theguardian.com).

October 19, 2026 4:21 PM GMT · The Guardian

American warship sank in 1944 with approximately 1,400 tonnes of munitions onboard

A 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 1,400 tonnes of munitions onboard – without triggering the kind of feared explosion that has kept the wreck under constant guard for decades.