Great Nore Anchorage

Places of Interest

SS Richard Montgomery

Disaster remains

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SS Richard Montgomery is a wrecked American Liberty ship that was built during World War II. She was named after Richard Montgomery, an Irish officer who fought in the British Army during the French and Indian War and Pontiac's War and then in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. SS Richard Montgomery is situated 2 miles west of Great Nore Anchorage.

Places in the Area

Sheerness

Town

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Sheerness is a port town and civil parish beside the mouth of the River Medway on the north-west corner of the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent, England. With a population of 13,249, it is the second largest town on the island after the nearby town of Minster which has a population of 16,738. Sheerness is situated 3½ miles southwest of Great Nore Anchorage.

Minster

Town

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Minster is a town on the north coast of the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, south-east England. It is in the Swale administrative district, and within that, in the parish of Minster-on-Sea. According to the 2021 Census, the population of Minster was 17,389. Minster is situated 4 miles south of Great Nore Anchorage.

Shoeburyness

Town

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Shoeburyness, or simply Shoebury, is a coastal town in the City of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England; it lies 3 miles east of the city centre. Shoeburyness is situated 4 miles north of Great Nore Anchorage.

Great Nore Anchorage

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