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SS Richard Montegomery was a liberty ship built during WW2. In 1944 she dragged anchor and ran aground in the Thames estuary. when low tide came, the ship broke her back and she was abandoned. Only problem was she was carrying about 1400 tons of Unexploded ordinance.

According to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in 2000, she still contained at least

286 × 2,000 lb (910 kg) high explosive bombs

4,439 × 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs of various types

1,925 × 500 lb (230 kg) bombs

521-580 fragmentation bombs and 2,297 cases of fragmentation bomb clusters

Various explosive booster charges, smoke bombs (including white phosphorus bombs) and pyrotechnic signals.

If this thing gets shifted, it could go boom and cause some no good very bad things to happen.

u/Crazy-Rabbit-3811 — 11 days ago

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Drinking tonight because I remembered the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald perished hungry and cold.

u/Visible-Customer-197 — 9 days ago

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Map showing where the bodies on the M/S Estonia were found.

Source: https://estoniafyndet.wordpress.com/bilder/

u/Kossamuuuu — 13 days ago

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What ship was sunk and raised the largest number of times?

As far as I am aware, the record goes to U-1105, which was sunk six times and raised five. I'm wondering if there is one that beats that. I haven't been able to find much on the topic, and I only happened to read about U-1105 because I vacation near its current resting spot so I wouldn't be suppressed if there was one with a higher number.

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u/No_Confidence4582 — 10 days ago

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The discovery of the wreck of the Japanese “Hell Ship” Hōfuku Maru was recently announced; when she was sunk in 1944 she took the lives of 1,047 POWs with her.

u/ZaxZone — 14 days ago

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Looking for any info on this piece!

Found in Antigua at a depth of about 12 feet deep right off the coast. In the area of Deep Bay on the northern side of the island!

u/Excellent_Guava3114 — 11 days ago

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just sharing, Sinking of Edmund Fitzgerald, by me using pastels.

u/Storrmy23 — 13 days ago

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Lizzie Law, Keweenaw Peninsula, 7/4/26

Lost shipwreck reveals gold treasure and an engraved turtle shell.

140 Year Old Shipwreck With Dozens of Sharks | The Scottish Prince | Gold Coast, Australia

The MV Wakashio has now broken into two.

Article VI stated, "Every state shall always keep up a well-regulated and disciplined" one of these, "sufficiently armed"???

Swim through of one section of the wreck of the El Aguilla, Roátan, HN

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RCGS / WHOI Expedition to Survey Shackleton’s Quest and Scott’s Terra Nova

Captain Cook's Famous Shipwreck Finally Found After 25-Year Search in Rhode Island

This Baby right here *Smacks mast* BOOM