The Maritime and Coastguard Agency reported the result of the latest survey, in September 2003, of the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery, a war-time Liberty Ship which grounded and split in two off Sheerness in 1944. The survey was carried out under Ministry of Defence supervision by Falmouth Divers Ltd. An ultra-sonic hull thickness survey of the bow section of the wreck (which is where the munitions remain) was undertaken. In addition, divers also made a visual examination of the main cracks in the hull and assessed the level of seabed support for the wreck. The results were analysed and assessed in relation to previous hull surveys undertaken in 1981 and 1991.