{"id":15,"date":"2023-03-26T19:20:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T19:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cheyneyrock.co.uk\/ss-richard-montgomery\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2023-03-27T11:59:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T11:59:15","slug":"about-the-wreck","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cheyneyrock.co.uk\/ss-richard-montgomery\/about-the-wreck\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wreck"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The SS Richard Montgomery shipwreck sank in the Thames estuary 1.5 miles north of Sheerness in Kent, UK in August 1944.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"826\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cheyneyrock.co.uk\/ss-richard-montgomery\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/survey2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cheyneyrock.co.uk\/ss-richard-montgomery\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/survey2017.jpg 826w, https:\/\/www.cheyneyrock.co.uk\/ss-richard-montgomery\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/survey2017-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cheyneyrock.co.uk\/ss-richard-montgomery\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/survey2017-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cheyneyrock.co.uk\/ss-richard-montgomery\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/survey2017-624x335.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Picture Source: Sonar image from the 2017 Survey Report<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SS Richard Montgomery shipwreck is situated 1.5 miles due north of the coastal town of Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent, UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The masts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three masts from the ship can currently just be made out by the naked eye at all tides from the shoreline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exclusion zone: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the ship sinking with a large quantity of ammunition still onboard, the wreck is surrounded by an <em>exclusion zone<\/em> marked out by 4 large yellow marker buoys to the north, east, south and west of the site. Smaller red &#8216;Danger!&#8217; buoys are positioned along the lines of the diamond shape formed by the yellow markers. <br><br><strong>Monitoring:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All craft are prohibited from entering the exclusion zone, which is monitored 24\/7 by radar and visual surveillance by the Port of Sheerness on behalf of HM Coastguard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Official Survey Reports:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/the-ss-richard-montgomery-information-and-survey-reports\/ss-richard-montgomery-background-information\">https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/the-ss-richard-montgomery-information-and-survey-reports\/ss-richard-montgomery-background-information<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SS Richard Montgomery shipwreck sank in the Thames estuary 1.5 miles north of Sheerness in Kent, UK in August 1944. Location: The SS Richard Montgomery shipwreck is situated 1.5 miles due north of the coastal town of Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent, UK. The masts: Three masts from the ship [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheyneyrock.co.uk\/ss-richard-montgomery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheyneyrock.co.uk\/ss-richard-montgomery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheyneyrock.co.uk\/ss-richard-montgomery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheyneyrock.co.uk\/ss-richard-montgomery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheyneyrock.co.uk\/ss-richard-montgomery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheyneyrock.co.uk\/ss-richard-montgomery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheyneyrock.co.uk\/ss-richard-montgomery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheyneyrock.co.uk\/ss-richard-montgomery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}