Production date/period : 1906
Production place : Lundy

General Description : A photograph showing a view of a large section of armoured plating being removed from the bows of the Duncan class pre-dreadnought battleship HMS MONTAGU (1901) aground off Lundy Island in order to make room for a salvage pontoon (called a camel). Labelled as ‘Removal of an armoured plate weight 13 tons - to place a camel’ and is No. 44 in a series of images titled ‘The Loss of H.M.S. "MONTAGU". May 30th 1906'. This image was reproduced in the 1907 edition of Jane’s Fighting Ships.

Copyright holder : Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery