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Boat drifts 'dangerously close' to wartime wreck ladened with explosives A boat was seen drifting 'dangerously close' to an explosive filled shipwreck in the Thames Estuary - sparking action from Southend's coastguard.  Cargo ship SS Richard Montgomery - packed with 1,400 tonnes of explosives - was anchored in Sheerness, Kent, when it grounded and broke up in 1944. The wreck and its cargo is monitored round the clock by port authorities and protected by a 500-metre exclusion zone. Yesterday, a ship with three people on board, was seen drifting dangerously close to the shipwreck. ...

Three fishermen were rescued from their yacht when they drifted dangerously close to a shipwreck packed with 1,400 tonnes of explosives. The 27ft vessel was floating near the mouth of the Medway Estuary in Kent, close to where the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery lies beneath the surface. Lifeboat crew were sent from Sheerness in Kent to help the yacht and those on board and a tow rope was then fixed to pull it to safety. The SS Richard Montgomery is feared to have enough remaining munitions on board to cause a massive 1.4 kiloton explosion which could lead to a four-foot tidal wave in the...