A Pre-World War 1 British battleship, HMS Montagu has been granted protection in England on September 20.  desecrated and abandoned battleship was ded to National Herit List for England, which protects table and culturally important buildings, monuments, wrecks, battlefields and world herit sites in country. This means that HMS Montagu will w be closely mand as a nationally important archaeological site, which will prohibit civilians from damaging or removing anything from site.

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Archaeological expedition

A group of wounded veteran divers h recently been appointed to undertake a series of dives on wreck site to map out exactly what remained of ship. After this first full archaeological survey of remains at behest of wounded veteran divers, protected status has been granted to wreck. veteran divers included Sacha Bamford, who served in Royal British Navy as a warfare specialist between 2009 and 2012 and Andrew Phillips who served in Gulf War. 

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Duncan-class Battleship

HMS Montagu was a Duncan-class battleship of British Royal Navy, built to in response to rapid naval expansion in build-up to World War 1. tably, to counter a group of fast Russian battleships in 1903. She was fastest battleship in world at that point of time but h a brief career. After serving for two years in Mediterranean Fleet and a year at  Channel Fleet, she ran aground off Lundy Island, which is off Devon coast, due to thick fog while conducting rio communication trials in secret. After repeated futile efforts at resurrection, ship was broken up in situ and salvd. As part of salv operations in 1907, steps were carved in granite cliff face on island and a suspension bridge was installed for access to wreck. Both, steps and wreck have been ded to National Herit List w.

ship provides important insights into Pre-World War 1 Naval shipbuilding. HMS Montagu is a unique specimen of transition of warship development between 19th-century ironcls and turbine-powered big gun British Dreught warships. 

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