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Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Ireland: the iron-clad squadron saluting the Royal Yacht in Dublin Bay, 1868. 'There was little or no wind, and the sea was almost as smooth as the water of a mill-pond. About five miles from land the [Royal yacht] Victoria and Albert was met by the Tarifa, one of the Cunard line of steamers, and several other vessels, which had been dispatched from Dublin and Kingstown to meet the Royal squadron. The Victoria and Albert was saluted by the ironclads in passing through their squadron, with the Enchantress and the despatch-boat Helicon'. From "Illustrated London News", 1868.