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Kent, Thames Estuary

SS Richard Montgomery exclusion zone

Wreck beach Source-confirmed findsProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Wreck timberWreck timber

Also reported: nothing, entry prohibited.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS photo (Public domain).

Why this spot

Liberty ship wrecked August 1944 with about 1,400 tonnes of munitions aboard

The first wreck designated as dangerous under the 1973 Act, still carrying about 1,400 tonnes of unexploded munitions and monitored by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

unexploded munitions, shipping channel

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