Launch of HMS 'Trafalgar', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent courtesan View of Holborn Bridge looking

View of Holborn Bridge looking west showing a street seller on the left

Interior of sale room in East India House

The Great Hall in Charterhouse

Scene of a bull rampaging through Smithfield Market

Launch of HMS 'Trafalgar', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent courtesan View of Holborn Bridge lookingLaunch 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.