Launch of HMS 'Trafalgar', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent courtesan 'Linlithgow Castle'

'Linlithgow Castle'

The Great Hall in Charterhouse

View of Holborn Bridge looking west showing a street seller on the left

View of Cheapside as seen from a rooftop

Interior of sale room in East India House

Launch of HMS 'Trafalgar', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent courtesan 'Linlithgow Castle'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.