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The launch of HMS Trafalgar of 120 guns at Woolwich June 21st 1841
Hand-coloured. The 120-gun first-rate 'Trafalgar' was launched at Woolwich Royal Dockyard in June 1841. She had a displacement of 2694 tons and during the Crimean War took part in the bombardment of Sebastopol in 1854. 'Trafalgar' was later renamed 'Boscawen' and used as a boys' training ship at Portland before being broken up.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAF8092 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Fairburn, John |
| Places: | Woolwich Dockyard |
| Vessels: | Trafalgar (1841) |
| Date made: | 21 Jun 1841; 1841 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 288 mm x 412 mm |