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SS Richard Montgomery is a wrecked American Liberty ship that was built during World War II. She was named after Richard Montgomery, an Irish officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War. [4] She was wrecked on the Nore sandbank in the Thames Estuary, near Sheerness, Kent, England, in August 1944, while carrying a cargo of munitions.
World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the Thames Estuary by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of ten crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Royal Eagle ( Royal Navy) and Salvo ( United Kingdom). [8] [4] [11] HMT Torbay II Royal Navy: World War II: The drifter, used as a patrol vessel, was bombed and sunk in The Downs by Luftwaffe ...
World War II shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea (4 C, 408 P) N. World War II shipwrecks in the North Sea (1 C, 152 P) World War II shipwrecks in the Norwegian Sea ...
The ship was knocked out of the war and although repaired, she did not see active service after World War II. She was scrapped in 1973. USS Wasp (CV-18), on 19 March 1945, was hit with a 500 lb armor-piercing bomb which penetrated both the flight and hangar decks, then exploded in the crew's galley. Many of her shipmates were having breakfast ...
List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1941 Ship State Description Arsia Italy World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed in the port of Lampedusa by HMS Unique ( Royal Navy).Her eleven crew survived, but the ship was a total loss.
About 200 shipwrecks are recorded around the coast of Sheppey, the most famous being the SS Richard Montgomery, a liberty ship loaded with bombs and explosives that grounded on sandbanks during the Second World War. As of 2004 plans were discussed with a view to removing the threat from the Montgomery. These include encasing the ship in ...
The official death toll is 5,348, but it is estimated that up to 9,343 were killed, making it possibly the worst single-ship loss of life in history and the worst maritime ship disaster of WWII. Most of those killed were German civilians, military personnel, and Nazi officials being evacuated from East Prussia .
World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea west of Luzon, Philippines by USS Paddle and USS Hammerhead (both United States Navy) sometime between 25 November and 18 January 1945. [9] Strasbourg II Kriegsmarine: Strasbourg II World War II: The barracks ship was scuttled at Lorient, France. T-134 Imperial Japanese Navy