Object number : AR.1981.176.1.293
Production date/period : 1906
Production place : Lundy
General Description : A photograph showing a view from the bridge of the Duncan class pre-dreadnought battleship HMS MONTAGU (1901) aground off Lundy Island looking toward the rocks off the starboard bow of the ship as a group of men work on top a salvage pontoon (called a camel) in the foreground. Labelled as Low water shewing a lost camel [marked in the album with a cross & arrow] and is No. 67 in a series of images titled The Loss of H.M.S. "MONTAGU". May 30th 1906'.
Copyright holder : Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
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