Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Bronze Age Gold from Wales

H.M.S. MONTAGUE, photograph

H.M.S. MONTAGUE on Shutter Rock, Lundy Island, 1906. Mounted on grey card.

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

1993.202

Historical Associations

Association Type: Place name
Date: 1906
Place: Lundy Island

Creation/Production

Role: Photographer
Period: 1906

Acquisition

collected officially, 23/3/1993

Measurements

mount (mm): 305
mount (mm): 460
mount (mm): 175
mount (mm): 280

Techniques

Black and white (monochrome photograph)
Photograph

Material

Paper
Card

Categories

Maritime 1900s Montagu (H.M.S.)

Classification

wrecks and wrecking
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