Launch of HMS 'Trafalgar', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent Size:XS: 40 x 20cm Red Primrose with surrounding leaves

Red Primrose with surrounding leaves

'Just A'goin' to Begin

over whose head another

With the River Thames in the distance on the right

'A Sudden Squall in Hyde Park'

Launch of HMS 'Trafalgar', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent Size:XS: 40 x 20cm Red Primrose with surrounding leavesLaunch 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.