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SS Richard Montgomery
51.4658° N, 0.7867° E
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The SS Richard Montgomery is a wrecked American Liberty cargo ship that was built during World War II. She was named after Richard Montgomery, an Irish officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War. She was wrecked on the Nore sandbank in the Thames Estuary, near Sheerness, Kent, England, in August 1944, while carrying a cargo of munitions. About 1,400 tonnes (1,500 short tons) of explosives remain on board presenting a hazard whose likelihood of explosion is variously asserted to be low to moderate.: 2000 survey, p21–22
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Launched
15 June 1943
Laid down
15 March 1943
Grounding
20 August 1944
Salvage abandoned
25 September 1944
Allocated to operator
29 July 1943
Protection of Wrecks listing
1973
Survey estimating remaining munitions
2000
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