The SS Richard Montgomery sank in the Thames Estuary near Sheerness, Kent, in August 1944, taking 1,400 tons of WW2 explosives to the bottom.. Her masts still loom above the water line and there ...

Urgent warning over 'Doomsday wreck' at the bottom of the Thames: SS Richard Montgomery is deteriorating faster than feared - and could unleash a tsunami towards London if it explodes, report warns.

Where the Thames River meets the North Sea off the southeastern coast of England, currents swirl over the muddy bottom and bring the sediment up into the water.

The iron was dumped them in the Thames Estuary off the coast at Sheerness in Sheppey, or so the story goes. The coast at Sheerness. Warning to swimmers: rogue railings abound.

Mudlark author Lara Maiklem scours the edge of London's River Thames looking for historical artifacts. Among her finds: Roman pottery, medieval jug handles and a 500-year-old child's shoe.

In 1665, tragedy hit the London warship when it exploded in the Thames Estuary, killing 300 people. The “second-rate” ship is identified in Samuel Pepys Diary as part of the fleet that brought ...

Oldest find: HMS London, which sank in 1665, at the bottom of the Thames Estuary. The salvage by Wessex Archaeology and the Port of London Authority, which regulates the river, was both historical ...

Laborers working at the face of the Thames Tunnel were protected by Marc Brunel's newly-invented "Shield"; behind them, other gangs hurried to roof the tunnel before the river could burst in ...

The body of the woman was found at the bottom of the stairs leading to the south bank of the Thames by ... "The Lady in the Thames died 45 years ago and her name is key to finding out what ...

Urgent warning over 'Doomsday wreck' at the bottom of the Thames: Bomb-filled SS Richard Montgomery is edging close to COLLAPSE – as officials frantically impose a no-fly zone over the site ...

Where the Thames River meets the North Sea off the southeastern coast of England, currents swirl over the muddy bottom and bring the sediment up into the water.