Queen Victoria waving farewell to HMS Duke of Wellington, 1854, departing for the Crimean War
Illustration by William Heysham Overend (1851-1898) from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria published circa 1901. Info from wiki: HMS Duke of Wellington was a 131-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1852, she was symptomatic of an era of rapid technological change in the navy, being powered both by sail and steam. An early steam-powered ship, she was still fitted with towering masts and trim square-set yards, and was the flagship of Sir Charles Napier. First christened HMS Windsor Castle. The ship was launched on 14 September 1852. On that day the Duke of Wellington died, and she was subsequently re-named in his honour and provided with a new figurehead in the image of the duke.
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