Danger wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery

ronangel made this Freedom of Information request to Department for Transport

Department for Transport did not have the information requested.

From: ronangel

25 September 2008

Dear Sir or Madam,
Please confirm or deny the existence of chemical or biological
weapons, or their component parts.( Not nuclear or radioactive) as
being aboard the wreck of the liberty ship SS Richard Montgomery at
sheerness, Kent. Note: none are shown in the cargo manifest(but nor
were they shown on the liberty ship that exploded with mustard gas
aboard in Bari Italy on 2nd Dec 1943) To state that they were not
in the manifest would not be the information required.
I was referred to yourselves by M.O.D who did not hold this
information.

Yours faithfully

ron angel

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From: Alison Kentuck

1 October 2008

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Dear Mr Angel,

Please find attached an acknowledgement of your Freedom of Information Act enquiry.

If you have any queries regarding your request for information, please contact me at the address given below.

Yours sincerely,

Alison Kentuck

Alison Kentuck
Receiver of Wreck
Maritime & Coastguard Agency
Spring Place
105 Commercial Road
Southampton
SO15 1EG

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From: ronangel

24 October 2008

Dear Alison Kentuck,
Re: Danger wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery
Requested from Department for Transport by myself on 25 September
2008.
This request is currently overdue a response from Department for
Transport.
By law, the response had to be made no later than 23 October 2008
and that under the Freedom of Information Act you should have
replied by now, and are breaking the law.

Yours sincerely,

ronangel

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From: Alison Kentuck

24 October 2008

Dear Mr Angel,

Thank you for your email. Your original enquiry was sent to the Department for Transport who assessed your request and concluded that it should in fact have been directed towards the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. DfT therefore forwarded this enquiry on to the MCA for a response. Our FOI tracking system shows that a response is due by the 28th October.

However, I shall endeavour to email you a response as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely,

Alison Kentuck

Alison Kentuck
Receiver of Wreck
Maritime & Coastguard Agency
Spring Place
105 Commercial Road
Southampton
SO15 1EG

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From: Alison Kentuck

24 October 2008

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Dear Mr Angel,

Please find attached a response to your enquiry regarding the SS Richard Montgomery.

Yours sincerely,

Alison Kentuck

Alison Kentuck
Receiver of Wreck
Maritime & Coastguard Agency
Spring Place
105 Commercial Road
Southampton
SO15 1EG

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ronangel left an annotation (24 October 2008)

This reply does NOT answer the question of whether or not the additional danger of chemical or biological materials are on board the wreck. I had extensively researched the matter including the suggestions to sources made, before asking for the information from them,and are still no wiser....

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ronangel left an annotation (10 February 2010)

Fires seen above the wreck of SS Richard Montgomery

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=...

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ronangel left an annotation (18 August 2011)

Please sign e-petition to HM Government "Render safe, or remove wreck of liberty ship SS Richard Montgomery of the coast sheerness Kent England"

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petition...

Thanks

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