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Admiralty War Diary — Home Commands, Casualties and Defects, 20 August 1944
Source record SRC-0198 in the public UNEXPLODED archive.
Admiralty War Diary — Home Commands, Casualties and Defects, 20 August 1944
Creator: British Admiralty; reproduced in US Navy operational records | Custodian: National Archives and Records Administration
Date:
Class: primary_direct | Route: Public landing page
Rights: unknown
This source is an important piece of the historical record for the SS Richard Montgomery. It provides documentation that supports the timeline of events, government decisions, or assessments of the wreck's condition over the decades.
Referenced by Events
- 1944-08-15 - Richard Montgomery arrived at Southend and was anchored 130 ...
- 1944-08-20T08:04:00+02:00 - The master signalled asking for a pilot because Richard Mont...
- 1944-08-20T09:15:00+02:00 - An N.C.S. tug reported Richard Montgomery five cables west o...
- 1944-08-20T17:47:00+02:00 - By Southend report 201747B the ship's back was described as ...
- 1944-08-20T21:01:00+02:00 - Capt. Brookes reported severe hogging, a transverse split ex...
Referenced by Claims
- The 20 August 1944 Admiralty War Diary says Richard Montgome...
- The same War Diary records that at 08:04 on 20 August the ma...
- Capt. Brookes reported on 20 August that all holds were then...
- The 20 August War Diary describes Richard Montgomery's cargo...
- Willecke's signed 21 August report states that the weather w...