Officials estimate there are about 1400 tonnes of highly deadly explosives in the forward holds of the wreck. 9News
and was sailing to Britain in August 1944 with a cargo of munitions when struck disaster as it reached the Thames estuary.Richard MontgomeryThe USS Richard Montgomery was a World War II supply ship packed with explosives and munitions that sank off southern England in 1944.
A survey in 2000 by the UK government's Maritime and Coastguard Agency found the ship likely contains more than 9000 US-made explosives. A detonation risks triggering a "tsunami-like wave" which would sweep up the River Medway, flooding towns and villages.Professor David Alexander, from University College London, is an expert in risk and disaster reduction and has studied the SSHe told 9news.com.au an explosion would trigger a "top event" involving a column of water and debris 3000 metres high.
The wreck is surrounded by an 800m exclusion zone and its is monitored 24 hours a day by maritime safety officials.
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