A US cargo ship carrying 1,400 tonnes of TNT that sank at the end of the River Thames in 1944 is posing a threat to London from its salty grave

• A cargo ship wrecked at the end of London's River Thames in 1944 with 1,400 tonnes of TNT inside is posing a threat to the local area.
• SS Richard Montgomery ran aground on a sandbank near Sheerness, 45 miles east of London, in WWII. Half its payload was recovered, the rest was beyond saving.
• Since then it has entered local legend in England, dubbed the "Doomsday Ship." The UK government is monitoring the wreck.
• It's surrounded by an 800-meter exclusion, which can only be crossed by permission of the UK Home Office.
• The sunken hull is deteriorating, which could unsettle the explosives onboard, and potentially result in a monstrous explosion.
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A cargo ship which sank 75 years ago at the mouth easterly end of London's River Thames, bearing hundreds of tonnes of TN, could poses a threat to the capital decades later.

In August 1944, SS Richard Montgomery, a US vessel ferrying munitions in World War II, ran aground on a sandbank near Sheerness, eastern England, in stormy weather.

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