And London dissappears...

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Well that's be one way to fix London.
.....but I really doubt it would ever explode.
 
It would be a job for people who wear "Suicide Vests"...
 
Saw the headline, and wondered if Putin finally put a plan of action into place.
 
If the SS Richard Montgomery exploded, it would trigger one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history. Packed with around 1,400 tonnes of unexploded WWII-era high explosives, an accidental detonation would cause mass casualties, catastrophic local destruction, and massive disruption to one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
The catastrophic consequences of a detonation include:

1. The Blast and Devastation
  • Massive Power: The blast would be roughly 25-30% larger than the 2020 Beirut explosion. It is capable of registering over 6.0 on the Richter scale. [1, 2]
  • Local Impact: The sheer shockwave would shatter almost every window in Sheerness, destroy buildings, and likely cause severe damage to the nearby Isle of Grain and surrounding towns in Kent. [1, 2, 3]
  • Airborne Debris: A column of water, mud, and unexploded ordnance measuring up to 1,000 feet wide would be hurled nearly 10,000 feet into the air. Falling metal and debris would rain down over a wide area.
  • One can hope...
 
Fatrat said:
If the SS Richard Montgomery exploded, it would trigger one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history. Packed with around 1,400 tonnes of unexploded WWII-era high explosives, an accidental detonation would cause mass casualties, catastrophic local destruction, and massive disruption to one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
The catastrophic consequences of a detonation include:

1. The Blast and Devastation
  • Massive Power: The blast would be roughly 25-30% larger than the 2020 Beirut explosion. It is capable of registering over 6.0 on the Richter scale. [1, 2]
  • Local Impact: The sheer shockwave would shatter almost every window in Sheerness, destroy buildings, and likely cause severe damage to the nearby Isle of Grain and surrounding towns in Kent. [1, 2, 3]
  • Airborne Debris: A column of water, mud, and unexploded ordnance measuring up to 1,000 feet wide would be hurled nearly 10,000 feet into the air. Falling metal and debris would rain down over a wide area.
  • One can hope...
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So no, it wouldn't level much of anything. That was a real big explosion and it leveled like the port. Lots of buildings nearby still stood.
 
DId a little more digging just to find its location and estimate the blast size from an asteroid calculator. So Google says its like 35 km from the outskirts of London.

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Getting this to around

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Twenty miles away.

I think most of the damage would be broken windows, and maybe thrown mud off the harbor floor.
 
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