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Masts removed from bomb-laden WWII ship in Thames in bid to avoid explosion

Steady2 outlets reported this in 2 reports over 2 days
Mon, 12 October 2026Mon, 19 October 2026

What it is about

Britská vládaLondýnaTemžeEngineersThamesKent coastal townLondon

Who published it, and when

original reportfirst to report
iDNES (Czechia)1 original report
The Guardian World1 original report
12 Oct, 08:21over 7 days19 Oct, 16:21

How it spread - 2 original reports

  1. Mon, 12 October 2026

    1 report
    • iDNES (Czechia)08:21first to report

      Americká nákladní loď, která se před 82 lety potopila u Londýna s 1500 tunami výbušnin z druhé světové války, se pomalu rozpadá. Odborníci varují, že v nejhorším scénáři by exploze mohla vymrštit trosky až do výše tří kilometrů a vyvolat obří vlnu v ústí Temže. Britská vláda se nyní snaží zabránit katastrofě.

  2. Mon, 19 October 2026

    1 report
    • The Guardian World16:21

      American warship sank in 1944 with approximately 1,400 tonnes of munitions onboard A sunken US wartime ship in the Thames estuary holding enough unexploded bombs to devastate a Kent coastal town and send a tidal wave through London has been made slightly safer, ministers have announced. Engineers have removed the masts of the SS Richard Montgomery – a second world war cargo ship that sank in 1944 with approximately 1,400 tonnes of munitions onboard – without triggering the kind of feared...

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