Launch of HMS 'Trafalgar', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent George II during the opening ceremony given

during the opening ceremony given by King William IV and Queen Adelaide

Interior view of Holborn Theatre Royal

Southwark Bridge

Lord Mayor 1824

Wych Street

Launch of HMS 'Trafalgar', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent George II during the opening ceremony givenLaunch 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.