Object number : AR.1981.176.1.319

Production date/period : 1906
Production place : Lundy

General Description : A photograph showing a view of seven men posing on the starboard bridge wing of the Duncan class pre-dreadnought battleship HMS MONTAGU (1901) aground off Lundy Island, six of the men are civilians, the only Royal Navy sailor is holding a lifebuoy from the ship and wearing a cap from HMS MARS. Labelled as ‘Leading men of departments’ and is No. 84 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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