The coasts of North Devon, Cornwall and Lundy are littered with wrecks and we dive and fish on many of these throughtout the course of the year. Two shown here in archival photos, are the Montague and the Robert. One of the wrecks we have been diving, reported in 'Heritage Railway' had locomotives as cargo and we will report back here with our findings when we have more information as to their origin.

The Montague was a 14,000 ton Duncan class battleship, launched at Devenport in 1901 and was carrying out experimental radio transmissions when she ran aground on the south-western corner of Lundy Island in fog on the 29th May 1906. In fact her navigation officer had calculated that she was four miles off the island, when she struck the Shutter Rock. A landing party, led by a lieutenant, walked to the North Lundy lighthouse where they argued with the keeper that this must be the Hartland Point light! Flooded throughout, she was a total wreck. The Liverpool Salvage Association assisting to save her guns, ammunition and stores. There was no loss of life.