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

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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…

The Guardian United Kingdom · 19 October 2026

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