Men for the Fleet! Finish:none View of George IV and

View of George IV and his entourage embarking for Scotland on the River Thames at Greenwich

It's seen here before a new attempt at the world speed record

The grief of the party appears to relate to their empty stomachs rather than to the royal bereavement

he would have been about 15 years old at the time of his appointment

The viaduct was completed and opened by Queen Victoria in 1869

Men for the Fleet! Finish:none View of George IV and'Men for the Fleet!', 1859. In May 1959, Prince Alfred, Queen Victoria's second son, was appointed aboard HMS 'Euryalus'. Although he is depicted as a child in this cartoon, he would have been about 15 years old at the time of his appointment. From Punch, or the London Charivari, May 14, 1859.