Historian warns of sunken WW2 ship packed with tons of TNT in Thames

The three masts are to be cut off in June

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A historian says he is a “nervous wreck” about plans to cut off the masts of a sunken WW2 cargo ship laden with explosives jutting out of the River Thames.

The SS Richard Montgomery, nicknamed the £1 billion timebomb based on the amount of damage it could cause, has been embedded in the mouth of the River Thames since it sunk in August 1944.