Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Bronze Age Gold from Wales

P.S. BRIGHTON, photograph

Distant view of the P.S. Brighton passing H.M.S. Montague ashore at Lundy, 1906.

P.S. BRIGHTON. Built for London Brighton & South Coast Railway in 1878. Sold to Pockett's Steam Packet Co, Swansea.

H.M.S. MONTAGUE. Built at Devonport Dockyard, and launched in 1901. She was wrecked off Lundy on 30 May 1906. Attempts by the Navy to rescue her ended in chaos. The Navy officially abandoned her in 1907 after removing the valuable guns, and she was then handed over to private salvage companies.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

2006.39/1588

Historical Associations

Associated Person/Body: Pockett's Bristol Channel Steam Packet Co.
Association Type: Company name
Date: 1906
Place: Lundy Island

Acquisition

bequest, 4/5/2006

Measurements

Length (mm): 101
Width (mm): 153

Techniques

Black and white (monochrome photograph)
Photograph

Material

Paper

Categories

Steam (maritime) Maritime 1900s Brighton (P.S.) Montagu (H.M.S.)
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