Ships!

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The wreck of HMS Montagu, which ran aground in the Bristol Channel in 1906. The suspension bridge was added during salvage operations. She was broken up for scrap where she lay after attempts to refloat her failed.

[bob48]

A sad ending.

[Sir Slash]

Quite a suspenseful shot. 

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Gneisenau in drydock at the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel to have her torpedo hit damage repaired

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Spanish pre-Dreadnought battleship Pelayo, anchored in port, 1889

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Quite rare chance of seeing all three Conte di Cavour-class battleships together. The photo is dated by 1915 or 1916. These ships had identical fate as they were sunk in major naval bases while under maximum protection.

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HMS Duke of York underway in heavy seas

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French Bretagne class battleship Lorraine, Casablanca, November 1943

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Mitscher-class destroyer USS Willis A. Lee (DL-4; later DD-929) at the Saint Lawrence Seaway, under which passes a road. c. 1959

[bob48]

Some great pictures there, and that last one is amazing!

[Sir Slash]

Agreed! 

[BanzaiCat]

I think the Gneisenau was put into drydock for repairs, yes, but then the ended up cutting the bow off to extend it as they added bigger guns to her arsenal. Then they ended up stopping the work and used the turrets in Norway, then sank her in Gdansk Harbor to block the port. An ignoble end.

[Staggerwing]

The WWI Gneisenau went down fighting, at the Battle of the Falklands, along with her sister ship, also named Scharnhorst.

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Italian battleship Giulio Cesare, 1926

[bob48]

Nice one