The wreck of the Liberty ship Richard Montgomery (1943) in the Thames Estuary off Sheerness, Kent.

The wreck of the Liberty ship Richard Montgomery (1943) in the Thames Estuary off Sheerness, Kent. The top of her superstructure and the tops of the three masts are visible and there are warning notices on the mast crosstrees. The photographer is in a boat fine off the port quarter of the wreck which is in two parts. A large prohibited area warning light buoy is in the left foreground. Negatives numbers PM2342/17 to PM2343/19 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: PM2343/18
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Weston, Derek Richard
Vessels: Richard Montgomery (1943)
Date made: 1981-1982
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm
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