A view across the ship from the starboard side of the upper deck of the battleship HMS Montagu (1901) aground off Shutter Point, Lundy. The photographer was standing on the starboard side of the upper deck near the port side coal hoist, looking across the ship towards the remains of the starboard side 6-inch casemate. The fore bridge and foremast are in the background. The boat deck and parts of the upper deck have been removed during the salvage work undertaken between June and October 1906.

Emulsion flaw in the negative.

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].