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Launch of HMS 'Trafalgar', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent, 1841. Artist: John Henry Banks

Launch of HMS 'Trafalgar', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent, 1841. Artist: John Henry Banks

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Launch of HMS 'Trafalgar', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent, 1841. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were among those attending the ceremony, which was watched by an estimated 500,000 people. 'Trafalgar' was a 120 gun first rate ship of the line. Woolwich Dockyard was founded by Henry VIII in 1512 to build his flagship 'Henri Grace a Dieu' (the 'Great Harry'), the largest warship of its time.

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