Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom
SS Richard Montgomery
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 British Army during the French and Indian War and Pontiac's War and then in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. She was wrecked on the Nore sandbank in the Thames Estuary, near Sheerness, Kent, England, in August 1944, while carrying a cargo of munitions.
- City
- Southend-on-Sea
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
More places in Southend-on-Sea
Background: Wikipedia