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'A Brass Pott or an Iron Pott to mend'

Princess Street

With the River Thames in the distance on the right

with decorative moulding on front

guns are fired and flags waved

Launch of HMS 'Trafalgar', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent Size:XS: 40 x 20cm 'A Brass Pott or anLaunch 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.