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