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autist artist typist anarchist and pylon enthusiast
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seeing an unbearable light at the edge of everything & trying to trap it in ink ѧ ѧ ᗗ
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seeing an unbearable light at the edge of everything & trying to trap it in ink ѧ ѧ ᗗ
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this is deadass where we are with it, yeah.
which okay look I get it but also where are the dumbass billionaires when we need them
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which okay look I get it but also where are the dumbass billionaires when we need them
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We keep thinking about it, looking at it, and then finding a whole new exciting reason to saunter away nonchalantly while whistling.
I think the last RFP was the government going "name your price," and every salvage company going "you know what? Nah."
I think the last RFP was the government going "name your price," and every salvage company going "you know what? Nah."
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
this is deadass where we are with it, yeah.
which okay look I get it but also where are the dumbass billionaires when we need them
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which okay look I get it but also where are the dumbass billionaires when we need them
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The last annual review concluded the SS Richard Montgomery was perfectly safe!
And as a demonstration of exactly how safe it is it also banned aircraft from flying anywhere near it in case, y'know, the wreck spontaneously makes itself a lot safer in a manner incompatible with continued aviation...
And as a demonstration of exactly how safe it is it also banned aircraft from flying anywhere near it in case, y'know, the wreck spontaneously makes itself a lot safer in a manner incompatible with continued aviation...
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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TOLD YOU IT WAS VISIBLE
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Have I sailed as close as you are legally allowed to do to have a nose at the SS Montgomery?
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is:
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is:
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
TOLD YOU IT WAS VISIBLE
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it is the first wreck to be designated as Dangerous under the 1973 Protection of Wrecks Act.
That makes this 52 years that we've been failing to dismantle the wreck. Now granted they're a bit nervous because a similar attempt of a different, smaller wreck in 1967 (the Kielce) very much went 'boom'
That makes this 52 years that we've been failing to dismantle the wreck. Now granted they're a bit nervous because a similar attempt of a different, smaller wreck in 1967 (the Kielce) very much went 'boom'
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
it is the first wreck to be designated as Dangerous under the 1973 Protection of Wrecks Act.
That makes this 52 years that we've been failing to dismantle the wreck. Now granted they're a bit nervous because a similar attempt of a different, smaller wreck in 1967 (the Kielce) very much went 'boom'
That makes this 52 years that we've been failing to dismantle the wreck. Now granted they're a bit nervous because a similar attempt of a different, smaller wreck in 1967 (the Kielce) very much went 'boom'
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let's not even start on the fact that Lake Superior is freshwater and the English Channel is salt. do you have any idea what salt does to steel? it does a lot, which is even less important than what water can do to copper and lead azide, aka the detonation caps
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
let's not even start on the fact that Lake Superior is freshwater and the English Channel is salt. do you have any idea what salt does to steel? it does a lot, which is even less important than what water can do to copper and lead azide, aka the detonation caps
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It's broken in half, like the Fitzgerald, but neither half is deeper than 15 metres. Every time a storm moves in, that water is pushing around, rearranging cargo- i'm sorry, live munitions- jamming bombs against each other and into the rusty hull
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It's broken in half, like the Fitzgerald, but neither half is deeper than 15 metres. Every time a storm moves in, that water is pushing around, rearranging cargo- i'm sorry, live munitions- jamming bombs against each other and into the rusty hull
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The thing to understand about the Montgomery wreck is that the Thames Estuary- and indeed, most of the Thames in London- is a tidal body. The water moves. It rises, lowers, crashes in great waves during storms.
This ship with over 6000 tonnes of munitions is just sitting pretty in that.
This ship with over 6000 tonnes of munitions is just sitting pretty in that.
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The thing to understand about the Montgomery wreck is that the Thames Estuary- and indeed, most of the Thames in London- is a tidal body. The water moves. It rises, lowers, crashes in great waves during storms.
This ship with over 6000 tonnes of munitions is just sitting pretty in that.
This ship with over 6000 tonnes of munitions is just sitting pretty in that.
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this is true, he did attempt that. And granted that's very stupid but on the other hand, we did build an airport on the Isle of Dogs and in 2018 they found a 500lb UXB right next to it in the river. that was a fun day to be living in Woolwich Arsenal
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Let's not forget that Boris Johnson wanted to build an airport on top of it.
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
this is true, he did attempt that. And granted that's very stupid but on the other hand, we did build an airport on the Isle of Dogs and in 2018 they found a 500lb UXB right next to it in the river. that was a fun day to be living in Woolwich Arsenal
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it's probably not going to explode!
but if it does, RIP Sheerness
but if it does, RIP Sheerness
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
it's probably not going to explode!
but if it does, RIP Sheerness
but if it does, RIP Sheerness
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The Fitzgerald: nobody knows exactly why it sank
the Montgomery: we know exactly why and we know exactly how dangerous it is but every attempt to make it slightly less dangerous simply reveals a New and Exciting Danger that prevents access
the Montgomery: we know exactly why and we know exactly how dangerous it is but every attempt to make it slightly less dangerous simply reveals a New and Exciting Danger that prevents access
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Fitzgerald: nobody knows exactly why it sank
the Montgomery: we know exactly why and we know exactly how dangerous it is but every attempt to make it slightly less dangerous simply reveals a New and Exciting Danger that prevents access
the Montgomery: we know exactly why and we know exactly how dangerous it is but every attempt to make it slightly less dangerous simply reveals a New and Exciting Danger that prevents access
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the Fitzgerald: 150 metres deep in anoxic water, so undisturbed that the bodies are preserved perfectly intact, nearly impossible to reach or interfere with, ghostly but not dangerous
the Richard Montgomery: so shallow that you can see the masts at all tide stages, rapidly deteriorating, explosive
the Richard Montgomery: so shallow that you can see the masts at all tide stages, rapidly deteriorating, explosive
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
the Fitzgerald: 150 metres deep in anoxic water, so undisturbed that the bodies are preserved perfectly intact, nearly impossible to reach or interfere with, ghostly but not dangerous
the Richard Montgomery: so shallow that you can see the masts at all tide stages, rapidly deteriorating, explosive
the Richard Montgomery: so shallow that you can see the masts at all tide stages, rapidly deteriorating, explosive
reporting for duty 🫡
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
reporting for duty 🫡
😁 I've been very subtle about it
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
😁 I've been very subtle about it