An elevated view looking from the cliffs to the starboard bow of the battleship HMS Montagu (1901) aground off Shutter Point, Lundy. The suspended walkway runs from the left of the image down to the foremast in the centre, obscuring a boat alongside the starboard broadside. The four 12-inch guns have been removed from their barbettes and taken ashore, a task completed by 1 October 1906. Part of the port bow has been removed during the salvage operations.

On 30 May 1906, the battleship was on its way back to an anchorage off Lundy having conducted wireless telegraphy experiments when it struck Shutter Point in increasingly dense fog. The ship was stuck fast and a salvage operation was conducted over two months to remove the guns and other equipment. The 12-inch guns were removed from the battleship between 8 September, with the forward guns, and the last of the after guns removed on 30 September and towed to Pembroke dockyard on 1 October 1906 [Whispers from the Fleet by C. Craddock, 1908].