Explosives-filled WW2 vessel set to be removed from River Thames as preparations underway

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Explosives-filled WW2 vessel set to be removed from River Thames as preparations underway

Work to dismantle the masts of a sunken shipwreck packed with explosives will begin within weeks. The three masts, in the Thames Estuary around 1.5 miles off the Kent coast, are part of the SS Richard Montgomery, which sank in 1944. Around 1,400 tonnes of wartime explosives are on board the wreck. Experts believe reducing the masts’ height to below sea level will ease pressure on the wreck’s structure and reduce th…